Mark Pope says Lamont Butler is ‘kind of over’ ankle injury while Kerr Kriisa returns to weight room [Video]

Worried about any potential setback with Lamont Butler or his ankle not responding well to 33 points in 32 minutes against Louisville? Don’t be. Kentucky‘s starting point guard is back in business after missing back-to-back matchups vs. Gonzaga and Colgate before returning against the Cardinals for his career day at less than full strength.

It was among the best performances in the history of the rivalry, and fortunately, it didn’t come at a cost. Butler was held out of contact practice on Tuesday for precautionary reasons, but that’s the extent of his injury situation.

Mark Pope says Kentucky’s starting point guard is ‘over it’ and the program is ready to ‘move on’ following that brief period of zero depth at the position.

“Lamont’s thing is an interesting thing. There’s part of me that’s like, I want him to be 100 percent healthy, and there’s part of me that, like, I don’t know if I want to get it …