Jeremy Lin deal illustrates where mindset is for Nets management

Jeremy Lin Paul J. BereswillLAS VEGAS — New Nets co-owner Joe Tsai reiterated his fondness for Jeremy Lin, and wished his favorite player well. But that didn’t keep the rehabbing point guard from getting traded early Friday, part of a pair of stunning deals by the Nets.

General manager Sean Marks does some of his best work in Vegas; one would hate to face him at the poker table. He found a way — by not only trading Lin to the Hawks, but also dealing Isaiah Whitehead to the Nuggets — to essentially turn $9 million in cap room and Lin (who hasn’t played since rupturing his patellar tendon in last season’s opener) into a first-round pick and Kenneth Faried.

For Lin, the Nets received the rights…