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When opposing teams prepare to play Kentucky this season, they’ll spend plenty of time focusing on Mark Pope‘s fast-paced offense. They’ll look to slow down the Wildcats in transition, cover the many outside shooters spreading out to the perimeter, and prevent quick passes from creating too much movement. But one of the very next thing things those teams will talk about right after (if not before) is the defensive prowess of Lamont Butler. “I played against him the last two years at BYU,” Kentucky guard Jaxson Robinson said of his new teammate at SEC Media Days last week. “On the scouting repo…