Fans of the newly minted Coachella Valley Lakers no know some of the names they'll be rooting for at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert this season as the team announced its training camp roster Monday.
The team, led by first-year coach Alex Cerda, has now begun camp back in Los Angles ahead of their season debut on Nov. 6.
The roster of 18 players is led by three two-way players. A two-way player is a player with a specific contract that can move back and forth between the G League team and the NBA Los Angeles Lakers freely.
Those three players are Chris Manon, Arthur Kaluma and Ak Okereke. Manon, a 6-foot-4 guard from Vanderbilt, played in nine game for the Los Angeles Lakers last year and has already played for the NBA team in one of their three game this year, scoring two points against Golden State. Kaluma is a 6-foot-7 forward from Texas and Okereke isa 6-foot-7 rookie forward also from Vanderbilt.
Anton Watson, a Gonzaga grad, returns to the team after helping lead the then South Bay Lakers to the No. 1 seed in the west last season. Jahmir Young, who has played in 20 NBA games and was second team All-G League last year with the Sioux Falls Skyforce (Miami Heat affiliate) joined the CV Lakers via trade and will show off his game at Acrisure Arena this year.
Coachella Valley Lakers roster notes
Age range: The oldest player is 27-year-old Cole Swider who has been on the team before, and the youngest player is 22-year-old Raysean Seamster who played at UT Arlington by way of Cameroon.
Countries: Fifteen of the 18 players are from the United States, along with a player from Canada (Tegra Izay), Cameroon (Seamster) and France (Kalifa Sakho).
Colleges represented: The CV Lakers camp roster has players from Maine, Texas A&M, Milwaukee, Sothern Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Syracuse (2), Vanderbilt (2), UC San Diego (2), TCU, Marquette, Houston, UT Arlington, Gonzaga and Maryland.
The Coachella Valley Lakers Training Camp Roster
| NAME | POS | HT | WT | DOB | PRIOR TO NBA | YRS | STATUS |
| Quion Burns | G | 6-6 | 180 | 11/20/02 | Maine | R | Drafted |
| Jace Carter | G | 6-6 | 225 | 1/14/03 | Texas A&M | 1 | Try Out |
| Faizon Fields | C | 6-10 | 220 | 1/10/02 | Milwaukee | R | Drafted |
| Tegra Izay | C | 7-0 | 268 | 3/17/02 | Southern Mississippi | R | Drafted |
| Meechie Johnson | G | 6-2 | 180 | 9/21/02 | South Carolina | R | Affiliate |
| Arthur Kaluma | F | 6-7 | 225 | 3/1/02 | Texas | 1 | Two-Way |
| William Kyle III | C | 6-9 | 230 | 3/1/04 | Syracuse | R | Affiliate |
| Chris Mañon | G | 6-4 | 209 | 12/9/01 | Vanderbilt | 1 | Two-Way |
| Tyler McGhie | G | 6-5 | 195 | 2/7/01 | UC San Diego | R | Try Out |
| AK Okereke | F | 6-7 | 244 | 7/2/03 | Vanderbilt | R | Two-Way |
| Jayden Pierre | G | 6-0 | 175 | 5/7/03 | TCU | R | Drafted |
| Chase Ross | G | 6-5 | 205 | 2/7/03 | Marquette | R | Affiliate |
| Kalifa Sakho | C | 6-11 | 230 | 2/14/01 | Houston | R | Trade |
| Raysean Seamster | F | 6-7 | 200 | 5/15/04 | UT Arlington | R | Try Out |
| Cole Swider | F | 6-8 | 220 | 5/8/99 | Syracuse | 3 | Returning |
| Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones | G | 6-6 | 200 | 1/5/01 | UC San Diego | R | Affiliate |
| Anton Watson | F | 6-8 | 225 | 10/6/00 | Gonzaga | 2 | Returning |
| Jahmir Young | G | 6-0 | 185 | 10/7/00 | Maryland | 2 | Trade |
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Coachella Valley Lakers finalize their training camp roster