美国队是赢得FIBA世界杯的青睐，现在它需要执行。
参与美国队的每个人都有自己的故事。
格雷格·波波维奇已经接任主教练，自2004年奥运会令人失望以来，他第一次坐在国家队的替补席上。马库斯·斯马特和迈尔斯·特纳从十几岁起就一直是国家队的主力。多诺万·米切尔是第一次出场，他期待着不仅参加国际比赛，而且期待向新队友学习。
但是，虽然每个人都有不同的故事，他们都团结在一条战线上。他们与美国队比赛，因为他们喜欢赢。米切尔说直了。
米切尔8月初在拉斯维加斯的球队练习中说："除非（你想）赢，否则你不打美国队。"你不进来，除非你想赢。
美国队过去已经取得了很多胜利。国家队在过去七届奥运会上共获得六枚金牌，总共拥有十五枚金牌。这也是FIBA世界杯的两届卫冕冠军，今年在中国有望夺得金牌。美国队的Smart和特纳已经为国家队赢得了很多胜利，只是还没有达到最高水平。
锁定。全部放在一起。执行。
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• 美国篮球 （@usabasketball） 八月 27， 2019 特纳在美国篮球方面拥有丰富的经验。他随美国队U18队夺得金牌，是2016年奥运会前选拔队的一员。这一刻不会让他失去，即使并不陌生。
"这对我来说是一个巨大的机会，"他说。
但这是一个不同的机会和不同的挑战。2014年，18岁的特纳在U18世界杯上场均得7.2分和4.8个篮板，美国队以5比0获胜，并赢得了世界冠军。他在那里取得了很好的成功，但他知道FIBA世界杯将会是一个不同的野兽。
"当你在高中时，你比每个人都更运动，还要大很多，"他说。"现在（有）一样大，一样聪明，一样运动，同样熟练，所以你必须有点-你不能只是压倒每个人，你必须真正发挥他们。
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• 美国篮球 （@usabasketball） 八月 26， 2019 Smart 在 2012 年 U18 FIBA 美洲锦标赛和 2013 年 U19 世界杯上获得金牌。他在2013年打了9场比赛，首发8次，场均9.6分、2.8个篮板、2.2次助攻和2.4次抢断。 他的22次抢断被一名美国选手在U19世界杯上追平。"他还和特纳一起成为2016年奥运会的选拔团队。他喜欢眼前的机会。
"我在美国已经很久了，"他说，"自从我16岁，然后17岁，成长起来，我和那些家伙一起在选择的球队里踢球......所以现在在这里，实际上使团队是令人难以置信的。
并不是每个被邀请到美国队的球员都决定参加世界杯。像达米安·利拉德、安东尼·戴维斯和詹姆斯·哈登这样的球员拒绝机会，要么是因为害怕有受伤的危险，要么是因为他们想为即将到来的赛季做准备。而只有少数球员拒绝了。名单很长，由其他几个NBA巨星组成。
这些人有机会上场，但他们拒绝了，但米切尔、特纳、斯马特和队友们看到了在国际舞台上脱颖而出的机会。他们接受挑战，将在9月1日对阵捷克队的首场比赛中迎战。
真的是时候了?️@jaytatum0
9月1日上午8点30分（美国东部时间上午8点30分）??捷克对??的??#USABMNT对捷克进行收尾工作。#USAGotGamepic.twitter.com/PcAbKyNx1f
• 美国篮球 （@usabasketball） 八月 29， 2019 但他们不必这样做。他们本可以坐到外去，等待常规赛。就连进入马刺队第24个赛季的波波维奇也不得不考虑加入美国队，杜克队的迈克·克日泽夫斯基也辞去了主教练一职。最终，他为美国带来更多成功的愿望最终获得了胜利。
"我考虑过，"他本月早些时候告诉ESPN。"我会见了（杰瑞）科兰杰洛先生（美国队的总经理）。我花了一点时间。我们谈了好几次我知道我要进入什么。这是你的国家你说是的你男人起来，并试图包围自己尽可能多的脑力，你可以。
原标题：
FIBA World Cup 2019: Donovan Mitchell, Team USA ready for title run — ‘You don’t come in unless you want to win’
原文：
Team USA is favored to win the FIBA World Cup, now it needs to execute.
Every person involved with Team USA has their own story.
Gregg Popovich has taken over as head coach and is on the bench with the national team for the first time since the disappointing 2004 Olympics. Marcus Smart and Myles Turner have been national team mainstays from when they were teenagers. Donovan Mitchell is making his first appearance and is looking forward to not only competing at the international level, but to learning from his new teammates.
But while every man has a different story, they are all united on one front. They are playing with Team USA because they love to win. Mitchell said that straight up.
"You don’t play Team USA unless (you want to) win," Mitchell said at team practices in Las Vegas in early August. "You don’t come in unless you want to win."
Team USA has done a lot of winning in the past. The national team has won gold medals at six of the last seven Olympics and owns a total 15. It is also the two-time defending champion at the FIBA World Cup and are favored to take home the gold this year in China. Winning is expected at the highest level for Team USA Smart and Turner have already done a lot of winning for the national team, just not yet at the highest level.
Lock in. Put it all together. Perform.
? Sights & Sounds ? from @qudosbankarena in Sydney & #USABMNT's exhibition finale versus Canada#USAGotGame pic.twitter.com/yoGNfsXIdJ
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) August 27, 2019 Turner has extensive experience with USA basketball. He won the gold medal with Team USA's U18 squad and was a member of the select team leading up to the 2016 Olympics. This moment isn't lost on him though even if it's not unfamiliar.
“This is a huge opportunity for me," he said.
But it is a different opportunity and a different challenge. In 2014 at 18 years old Turner averaged 7.2 points and 4.8 rebounds at the U18 World Cup as Team USA went 5-0 and won a world title. He had very good success there, but he knows the FIBA World Cup is going to be a different beast.
"When you’re in high school you’re so much more athletic, so much bigger than everybody," he said. "Now (there’s) guys just as big, just as smart, just as athletic, just as skilled, so you’ve got to kind of — you can’t just overpower everybody, you’ve got to actually play them.”
? Which feed wins State Farm Assist of the Game - Donovan Mitchell's slick oop to Myles Turner or Marcus Smart's no-look bounce pass to Jaylen Brown? #StateFarmAssists pic.twitter.com/KXquDub0MY
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) August 26, 2019 Smart won gold medals in 2012 at the U18 FIBA Americas Championship and in 2013 at the U19 World Cup. He played in nine games in 2013, starting eight, averaging 9.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.4 steals. His 22 steals are tied for the second-most by an USA player at the U19 World Cup. He was also on the select team leading up to the 2016 Olympics with Turner. He is loving the opportunity in front of him.
“I’ve been part of USA for a very long time," he said, "since I was with 16s and then with 17s and growing up so, I played on the select team with those guys … so now being here to actually make the team is incredible.”
Not every player invited to Team USA decided to play at the World Cup. Guys like Damian Lillard, Anthony Davis and James Harden turned down the opportunity either for fear of risking injury or simply because they wanted to prepare for the upcoming season. And that's only a handful of players who turned it down. The list is long and consists of a few other NBA superstars.
Those men had a chance to play but they turned it down, but Mitchell, Turner, Smart and their teammates saw an opportunity to stand out on the international stage. They have taken the challenge and will run with it into their first game against the Czech Republic on Sept. 1.
It's really that time. ?️ @jaytatum0
Putting the finishing touches on things ahead of ?? #USABMNT vs ?? Czech Republic on Sept. 1 [8:30 AM EDT/ESPN+].#USAGotGame pic.twitter.com/PcAbKyNx1f
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) August 29, 2019 But they didn't have to do this. They could have sat out and waited for the regular season. Even Popovich, who is entering his 24th season with the Spurs, had to think about joining Team USA and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski stepped down from his post as head coach. In the end his desire to bring the U.S. more success won out.
"I thought about it," he told ESPN earlier this month. "I met with Mr. (Jerry) Colangelo (Team USA's managing director). I took a little bit of time. We talked several times. I knew what I was getting into. It's your country. You say yes. You man up and try to surround yourself with as much brainpower as you can."
