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Bulls new leading man Arturas Karnisovas beginning GM interviews

There was a clear “next step’’ in the Arturas Karnisovas regime.

The newly-hired Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations made that very evident on Monday, when he was officially introduced to his new post.

“My next step is to hire a GM,’’ Karnisovas said in the teleconference. “This process is going to be extensive and diverse.

“I was telling [COO] Michael [Reinsdorf] that I have an advantage over him in terms of hiring the right person because personally I know most of those guys in this industry. Over the years my role in scouting and the front office, I got to know them, and the list is very extensive.