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Blurb from today's dispatch concerning Mayes......
Matta said several weeks ago that he was concerned about Butler and Je’Kel Foster, his best defenders, wearing down late in the season if he wasn’t able to spell them with substitutes he could trust. Since then, the relief corps has shrunk by one with the disappearance of Sylvester Mayes, who hasn’t played in four games after averaging 15.3 minutes in the first 19. Mayes missed the first of those four games because of an ankle injury but has been cleared to play the past three.
Matta said yesterday that Mayes’ inactivity is solely the result of unsatisfactory play and the fact that Butler has raised his performance level. Matta said Mayes is not suspended or ineligible and that he could play tonight. Mayes was not made available to answer questions.
"He just has to understand what we’re trying to do," Matta said. "Scouting (the opponent) is obviously important. Taking care of the ball is obviously important. Execution. Attention to detail.
"If he would (do those things), he can help us. He has shown he can play great basketball."
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