Welcome to the daily fantasy basketball Playbook for Friday, featuring DFS picks and advice from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. We're willing to take a chance on the fragile Derrick Rose tonight if Jimmy Butler (knee) is out again. That could make D-Rose a sensational DFS value play. If Butler plays, we'd pivot to Emmanuel Mudiay with Jameer Nelson out.
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