LAS VEGAS — Speaking about Jeremy Lin for the first time Friday since his acquisition, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said it’s not fair to expect Linsanity 2.0. But he did say the 27-year-old point guard will make Brooklyn’s best player better.

“We’re so far removed from that. Different program, different team, different style. Expecting that, I don’t think it’s fair to him, fair to our team,’’ said Atkinson, who was pivotal as a Knicks assistant during Lin’s magical 26-game run four years ago. “He’s going to have to figure out how best to play in this system, and we’re going to have to figure out how to use him. It’s different times, different place.

“Obviously we want him to play like he did when he was in New York for that brief stretch; I’d love that. What I really loved about that part is how everybody remembers the scoring, but I remember him distributing the ball and really making a lot of plays out of the pick-and-roll for other people, too.”

That skill in running the pick-and-roll may be the best thing the Nets get for their $36 million: Lin making Brook Lopez better.

Lopez is the team’s unquestioned star, and he was fourth in the NBA in points scored as the roll man in the pick-and-roll (315). But his efficiency didn’t measure up to his volume. He was just 95th in shooting percentage (.491) and an even-worse 109th in points-per-possession (0.99). Lin can help him improve both.

“That’s fair,’’ Atkinson said. “If you talk about Jeremy Lin’s strength, the pick-and-roll is his strength. I know when I talked to him he was excited about playing with Brook. I said, ‘Wow, two great pick-and-roll partners.’ Brook is a great passer. [Lopez] was the sell to him: ‘You’re going to have a partner. You guys at the end of the games are going to have to make plays out of the pick-and-roll.’

“I definitely think he can help Brook, and Brook can help him. That’s a pretty big target. It’s a guy who can score in the pick-and-roll, and it’s a guy that can make a pass. It’s a nice combination, and relieve a little bit of that [pressure]. Brook was in a lot of [isolation] situations where he had to create his own. Hopefully we can make it easier for him and therefore make him more efficient.”

The Nets open Summer League play Saturday versus Cleveland in the Thomas & Mack Center at 4:30 p.m. Eastern. They made the signing of forward Trevor Booker official.