.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant coach Zach Guthrie has been tapped the services of as head train of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually hiring Zach Guthrie as the train of the franchise business's G Organization partner in South Gulf, sources inform ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA aide with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers split means with former scalp train Dane Johnson in August after one season as well as a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was tapped the services of by the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to move coach Wes Unseld Jr. He recently worked with the Utah Jazz music as an aide to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, adhered to by pair of periods with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally has experience as manager of sophisticated hunting for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant online video planner for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head trainer Johnson left the company after 2024 No. 55 choice Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summertime league play.Guthrie will right now likely be demanded with handling the job of establishing James, that is actually counted on to devote most of his newbie season in the G League.Guthrie's previous head training experience includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie gave some knowledge in to his coaching theory on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver coming from Basketball Engrossment, when he mentioned he ased if to take a "comprehensive method" to mentoring." I think right now, our experts as trains have a tendency to be as well siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver final summer season. "We desire to just look at the mini, the little bit of skill-sets and also the practice and this play and also this factor. I assume it's all about attaching it to the game as well as comprehending the circumstance." Our experts would like to have these dress shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Everything concerns [the gamer] as well as his growth and his development. However you have to comprehend just how that transfers to the staff, to the 5-on-5 component. Our company take a lot of this particular away from situation and also we get thus lost in this personal ability when it's about how performs it transfer to the team and also how can our experts acquire as much team development as achievable ... That's what I suggest by the all natural strategy." Lakers followers will today see exactly how Guthrie determines to use that method to James' progression when the South Bay Lakers advise their 17th NBA G Organization period on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew's method establishment.