Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson are cutting their vacations short to play for Team USA in this month’s FIBA World Cup.

But a victory would top vacation.

It’s a small price to pay for the two rising young Nets to get to represent their country — and have a chance at what could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

“Yeah, [it’s going to be] so much fun,” Bridges told The Post. “It’s honestly just, like, a blessing to get the invite and be able to go. Obviously, it cuts the offseason short; but, I mean, it’s Team USA. That’s definitely something I’d rather cut it short for. So definitely excited; excited [for] the teammates and coaches that are going to be out there, and just ready to win.”

To win — something the United States hasn’t done at the FIBA World Cup since 2014 — Bridges and Johnson are going to have to excel.

On a team not as star-studded as the Steph Curry-Kyrie Irving-James Harden-led squad that last earned gold nine years ago, Johnson and Bridges will be relied upon for their two-way play.

After suffering a humbling seventh-place finish in 2019, Team USA will be looking for a record sixth championship this time around — a quest that started Thursday with training camp in Las Vegas and will see an initial tuneup game Monday vs. Puerto Rico.

“I love the fact that guys want to represent their country,” said Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks. “It’s really important. It’s great for them, it’s great for the Brooklyn Nets. too, to have guys out there, whether it’s Cam or Mikal.”

The FIBA World Cup will take place in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan, with Team USA playing four exhibition games in Spain and Abu Dhabi before tipping off the tournament in earnest on Aug. 26 in Manila vs. New Zealand. It’s a considerable trek for a Nets pair who have already shouldered a heavy workload.

Despite adding an extra month of practices and games to their workloads  — one that, for Bridges, has seen him not miss a single game since his junior year in high school, and lead the NBA in minutes logged for the past two seasons — both he and Johnson expect to benefit from playing elite international competition.

“It seems so much fun,” said Johnson, whose length and shooting will be put to good use on Team USA.

“You know, I’ve talked to people that have played, I’ve talked to people that have been a part of it. They said it’s such a valuable experience for your career, and you can learn a lot from it. And then you just get the experience to see high level basketball across the world in a different type of environment. So I’m really looking forward to it.”

Bridges — who blossomed as a scorer for the Nets after being traded to Brooklyn in the Kevin Durant deal — will likely be counted on to be one of the primary offensive threats for Team USA.

“I think he has even more room to grow, and he’ll be with USA Basketball this summer, which is great,” Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn said of Bridges. “He’s getting rewarded that way and represents us as a team, so really looking forward to coaching him from the beginning of the year.”

The Knicks’ Jalen Brunson, the Pelicans’  Brandon Ingram, the Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards and the Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton had higher scoring averages than Bridges last year, but the latter’s campaign really was a tale of two seasons.

There was pre-trade, when Bridges was toiling in the shadow of superstars Devin Booker and Chris Paul in Phoenix, and then his post-trade emergence in Brooklyn. The fast-rising wing poured in 26.1 points for the Nets after the trade deadline — top 20 in the league over that span and ahead of all his Team USA counterparts besides Ingram (27.4) and Brunson (26.8).

Team USA hopes Bridges maintains that Brooklyn form once they get to Asia, and the Nets anticipate their forwards leveling up from international play.

“I think when you represent your professional side, that’s one thing: I guess we pay the bills,” Marks said. “But when you end up playing for your country, that’s completely different. That’s so unique and not many people get to do that. That’s something very different when you get to put on that uniform. I would never discourage anybody from playing for their country.

“I think Mikal and Cam are very proud to be able to represent Team USA, and we’re excited to watch them. The exposure that they’re going to get not only to basketball but life experiences, when you go and you travel with a small group … to countries that, to be quite frank, maybe they’ll never go to again. I don’t know, but it’s life-changing in a lot of different ways. So I’m sure these guys are sponges and they’ll soak the whole experience up, which is exciting for them.”

Marks is no stranger to the FIBA World Cup or international competition in general. He played in both the 2000 and ’04 Olympics for his native New Zealand, and helped lead the so-called Tall Blacks to a fourth-place finish in the 2002 FIBA World Cup in Indianapolis.

For his part, Vaughn agreed that there were tangible benefits to playing high-level international basketball that outweigh the time spent resting or on skill work.

“I think it’s great,” Vaughn said. “We want our guys playing more in the offseason. I think that’s something that I love to trend toward. Most guys get their personal trainers and they spend an exorbitant amount of time by themselves. There’s something to a team component of seeing your teammates in the offseason.

“I think it’s going to give [Cam and Mikal] an extreme amount of confidence, leadership. They’ll see other really good dudes around them, how they participate, how they dive into their own future. So I think it’s great that they’re playing.”

The two have already started reaping the benefits of the experience with the opening of this week’s camp.

“It means a lot, man,” Johnson told The Post and another outlet after Friday’s practice in Las Vegas. “This is such a cool opportunity. I think it’s such a great learning experience to play alongside great talent, under great leadership. It’s an opportunity I’m gonna do my best to take advantage of.”

Team USA will be coached by Golden State’s Steve Kerr, who first approached Bridges about the idea of playing this summer after the latter had poured in 21 points, nine rebounds and a career-high nine assists to lead Phoenix past the Warriors this past season.

“Steve Kerr brought it up to me, just the idea of it; and I was just, like, ‘hell yeah, when? I’m here, just please let me know,’” Bridges said recently on Podcast P with Paul George. “And then kind of had an idea there, and then ended up going to Brooklyn, played real well and see him again and talking about it and at that point, I was really ready for it. So definitely…I was really very excited.”

In addition to the two Nets, the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart will give the roster a distinct New York flavor. (Nets training camp invitee Patrick Yousef Gardner is playing for Egypt).

Besides current teammate Johnson and his former Villanova teammate Brunson, Bridges said the players he’s most looking forward to suiting up alongside are Edwards and Ingram.

“Man, probably [Edwards]. Or [Ingram], all these years guarding him. Those are some guys who make it tough for me to guard them, because of how tough they are,” Bridges said. “I know how competitive they are and I know the motor on both of them. I know how freaking skilled they are. So kind of be around them, even learn from them as well. So just make some friends and be ready to go.”

Inside the Nets will be taking a brief summer break next week but will return on Aug. 19.