A thankful Jeremy Lin opens up on ‘very hard’ Nets trade

Jeremy LinIn Jeremy Lin’s bittersweet return to Brooklyn, he felt gratitude at finally being healthy, but pain at the way he was cast aside by the Nets. The Atlanta Hawks guard eventually came to understand the business end of why the Nets did what they did, but admitted it hurt when they did it.

“Honestly, coming in the building, just thankful. As sad as it is when I think of Brooklyn, obviously, I just think of a lot of injuries and things like that,” said Lin, finally healthy and averaging 10.4 points coming into Sunday’s Barclays Center return as Trae Young’s backup and tutor. “It’s quite a contrast to being healthy, being able to participate in a game.

“Very grateful, very thankful, got…