.Bart Young/NBAE by means of Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate instructor Zach Guthrie has been actually employed as head train of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game partner, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are employing Zach Guthrie as the train of the franchise's G Organization affiliate in South Gulf, resources tell ESPN. Guthrie has actually been an NBA assistant along with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted means along with former scalp instructor Dane Johnson in August after one period and also a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was actually tapped the services of by the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to head instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He recently teamed up with the Utah Jazz music as an assistant to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, complied with through pair of times with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses adventure as manager of innovative looking for the Orlando Magic and as assistant online video planner for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head instructor Johnson left the company after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the child of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer months league play.Guthrie will certainly right now likely be billed with handling the activity of creating James, who is counted on to spend a lot of his novice time in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp coaching adventure consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some understanding into his mentoring philosophy on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Basketball Engagement, when he said he suched as to take a "holistic method" to mentoring." I presume immediately, our company as instructors tend to be too siloed," Guthrie told Oliver last summer season. "Our experts intend to only take a look at the micro, the little bit of abilities and also the exercise as well as this play and also this point. I presume it is actually everything about connecting it to the video game and recognizing the situation." We desire to possess these boutique, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing concerns [the player] as well as his growth and his development. However you have to understand how that moves to the group, to the 5-on-5 aspect. Our team take a lot of this out of circumstance and also we acquire thus lost in this specific capability when it's about how does it move to the group as well as exactly how can easily our experts get as much crew growth as achievable ... That's what I imply by the alternative technique." Lakers enthusiasts are going to right now find how Guthrie makes a decision to apply that strategy to James' development when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game period on Nov. 9 at the NBA team's technique center.