Anthony Black's four steals and three blocks arrive the week Jalen Suggs is due to be re-evaluated

Managers who picked up Anthony Black when Jalen Suggs went down now have to decide whether to keep him, and the decision is due this week. Suggs has been out since his right knee buckled on a fast-break layup against the Knicks on October 25, and the Magic announced the next day that an MRI had found a mild bone bruise with no structural damage and that he would be re-evaluated in two weeks, according to ESPN and NBA.com. Two weeks from that announcement is Monday. We have found no report since then on how the knee is progressing, so the re-evaluation date is the only timeline there is, and it is a date for a check rather than a return.

Black's case for staying on rosters got stronger on Saturday. In Orlando's 126-119 overtime loss at Golden State he had 18 points, eight rebounds, six assists, four steals and three blocks in 38 minutes, a line worth 58 fantasy points under ESPN's standard scoring and his best of the season by ten. The shooting was poor at 7-for-19, and the 38 minutes came in a game that ran to 53, but the steals and blocks are the part of his game that makes him worth holding in categories, and they do not depend on his shot falling.

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