WEST LAFAYETTE ― Dru Anthrop said coaching in the NBA is as much about relationships as it is about X's and O's.

One of those relationships the former Purdue basketball player developed during his coaching career was with Jason Kidd.

Now, Anthrop will reunite with the hall of fame point guard as a member of his coaching staff with the Dallas Mavericks.

Anthrop said after Saturday's Purdue basketball alumni game he'd recently signed with the Mavericks and is eager to work under Kidd's tutelage. Re-live Purdue's run to the Final Four Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

"He's a basketball savant," said Anthrop of Kidd. "When you are around people like that, you can just absorb everything they've got; all the knowledge about the game, the ins and outs of perso

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