Pistons’ Casey remembers Kidd’s daring ploy against Kobe in 2011

Whenever two or more people from the Mavericks’ 2011 championship team get together, it qualifies as a reunion.

So when Detroit coach Dwane Casey, who was an assistant on Rick Carlisle’s staff in that title season, returned to Dallas Tuesday night, there were plenty of memories to go around for him and Mavericks’ coach Jason Kidd, who was the starting point guard in 2011.

Asked what he remembered most about Casey as an assistant coach, Kidd said: “He was too tough on us.”

All jokes aside, Kidd and Casey forged a strong bond during their time together as assistant coach and point guard. And it lasted well beyond that title season.

“He was the best,” Kidd said of Casey. “You look at that staff,…