Marcus Lee was the first UK player to find out firsthand what John Calipari meant when he said the platoon system is “not communism.”With Willie Cauley-Stein, Lee’s first-platoon counterpart, dominating in a top-10 matchup with Texas, Lee was informed in the locker room he would move into a backup role in the second half.It would have been understandable had Lee been a little down playing just one minute after halftime. Instead, he sat back and enjoyed the show.”It was great the other game just watching him go off,” Lee said. “That’s the greatest I’ve seen Willie and that’s just the kind of team we are.”Lee, in spite of having to take a step back, didn’t disengage. Knowing how the platoons work and that his time would come, the sophomore was secure enough being the biggest cheerleader for the player who was getting his minutes as he posted 21 points, 12 rebounds, five steals and three blocks.”When someone ahead of you is doing really well, you’re just like, ‘Hey Coach, keep him in,’ and you’re totally fine with it and you know you have the next game,” Lee said. “So I wasn’t worried about it at all. I knew today would just be a new game and everything would be different.”He was right.Lee, jumping right back into the rotation, had his best game of the season in No. 1 UK’s latest dominant performance, an 82-49 win over Eastern Kentucky on Sunday at Rupp Arena. Lee had 10 points in the victory on five second-half dunks, his offensive specialty.”It makes the game fun,” Lee said. “Any kind of lob is fun. But playing this fast tempo is just something that I’ve always loved to do. It’s just my kind of game and the lobs just kind of came naturally in this game.”Considering Lee had been quiet through much of UK’s undefeated start, scoring no more than four points in any game before EKU, his emergence was encouraging. Much more encouraging is the fact that the Cats are responding to the way playing time is being divvied up just as the coaching staff hoped they would.”These guys genuinely really like each other,” assistant coach John Robic said.Those feelings were proven by the way Lee handled Cauley-Stein’s career night on Friday and again Sunday by Cauley-Stein. Forty-eight hours removed from a performance that had NBA scouts and analysts buzzing, Cauley-Stein was eager to see Lee succeed just as Lee had been for him. So eager, in fact, that Cauley-Stein told John Calipari to leave Lee in at one point rather than check back in himself.”It was Willie’s turn to go in, and Willie told Coach, ‘Keep Marcus in,’ ” Robic said.Watching the moment live, Robic was reminded of the 2012 Southeastern Conference Tournament title game when Michael Kidd-Gilchrist gave up his starting spot for a struggling Darius Miller. UK would lose the game to Vanderbilt, but Miller regained his form and the Cats would of course go on to win their eighth national championship. “It was one of those things that if you think back what Gilchrist did for Darius Miller, that’s a sign of maturity, that’s a sign of a leader, that’s a sign of being a good teammate,” Robic said. “They appreciate that.”It remains to be seen whether similarly selfless acts by this year’s team will lead to No. 9, but it’s certainly not a bad sign.”That totally puts trust and comfort in your other players knowing that I’d be able to do it for him and he’s also capable of doing the same for me,” Lee said. “It kind of just shows how much we care for each other and we’re not just there for ourselves.”