LAS VEGAS — Coach Mike Woodson rode into Cox Pavilion for the Knicks’ first summer league practice Wednesday, ready to talk about his team, the one that added two veterans and retained two free agents. The focal point, though, for Woodson was Jeremy Lin.

Woodson talked as if the Knicks had already matched the four-year, $28.8 million offer sheet Lin agreed to sign with the Houston Rockets.

“Absolutely,” Woodson said when asked whether the Knicks would retain their young point guard. “Jeremy Lin has always been a big part of what we’re trying to do as we move forward.”

Lin is expected to sign the offer sheet as soon as Thursday, and then the Knicks would have to match it by Sunday.