While veterans jockey for new contracts during free agency, young players are getting their tryout opportunities with NBA summer league games beginning this week.

First-round draft pick Cameron Carr and second-year forward Adou Thiero highlight the Lakers’ summer league roster that was announced Wednesday. The 16-man team will be coached by Lakers assistant coach Ty Abbott and begin play Friday against the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center.

The Lakers also face the Miami Heat (Sunday, 1:30 p.m.) and San Antonio Spurs (Monday, 4:30 p.m.) in the California Classic before playing in the Las Vegas Summer League from July 9-19. The Lakers play Oklahoma City (July 10), Dallas (July 11), the Clippers (July 14) and Chicago (July 16) at Thomas & Mack Center.

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The Lakers traded up in the draft to get Carr, a 6-foot-5 guard out of Baylor, with the 24th overall pick. He will make his unofficial NBA debut, along with former Indiana State and Saint Louis star Robbie Avila. The 6-10 center became a bespectacled college basketball cult hero known affectionately as “Cream Abdul Jabbar” while leading Indiana State to the NIT championship game in 2024. He transferred to Saint Louis, where he was named Atlantic 10 player of the year as a senior when the Billikens won a school-record 29 games.

Although he is entering his second season with the Lakers, Thiero will be playing his first summer league games. Persistent knee injuries hampered his rookie season. The athletic 6-7 forward averaged 1.9 points and 1.1 rebounds in 25 appearances last season. He said after the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs that he wanted to improve on his three-point shooting during his second season. He attempted only five three-pointers during his rookie season, regular season and playoffs, making one.

Lakers summer league roster

Robbie Avila, C, 6-10, 240Cameron Carr, G, 6-5, 190Jon Elmore, G, 6-3, 190Luke Goode, F, 6-7, 210William Hickey, G, 6-4, 203Arthur Kaluma, F, 6-7, 225William Kyle III, C, 6-9, 230Chris Mañon, G, 6-4, 212Robert McCray V, G, 6-4, 188AK Okereke, F, 6-7, 245Chase Ross, G, 6-5, 210Zhaire Smith, G, 6-4, 205Peter Suder, G, 6-5, 215Adou Thiero, F, 6-7, 234Anton Watson, F, 6-8, 225Jacari White, G, 6-3, 180

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.