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Donovan Mitchell, Kyle Kuzma's 2017 NBA draft class look to prove themselves for Team USA on World Cup stage

LAS VEGAS — It was the summer of 2014.

All of the top players from around the world entered Whitney Young High School in Chicago.

The stage was the Nike Global Challenge, with teams from Brazil, China, Canada and Africa playing four different USA squads.

An uncommitted, 16-year-old De’Aaron Fox represented USA West while 17-year-old Donovan Mitchell — a fresh Louisville commit — suited up for USA East.

“I just remember he had some (huge) feet and he was my height,” Fox told the Deseret News of Mitchell, ahead of the Utah Jazz-Sacramento Kings 2018-19 season opener.