A staple of Mark Pope‘s offense over the years has been the playmaking big man. During his final season at BYU in 2023-24, that playmaker was center Aly Khalifa, who averaged right at four assists per game despite playing fewer than 20 minutes in those outings. A center that can get others involved and operate from the top of the key opens up Pope’s offense — even if they aren’t capable outside shooters themselves. Going into his first season as the head coach at Kentucky, Pope might actually have two of those playmaking bigs he so desires. They would be Drexel transfer Amari Williams and Okla…