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Bulls’ harsh reality centers on LeBron

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Like it or not, Miami's LeBron James has more to do with the Bulls' near future than anything the Bulls decide to do.

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We suspected that it was only a matter of time before LeBron James took over the Eastern Conference and made it a nightmare for every contender, just as Michael Jordan did in the 1990s. What’s left for Derrick Rose and the Bulls to figure out is how to change that if James never leaves the East.