.Bart Young/NBAE using Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate trainer Zach Guthrie has been employed as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game associate, the South Gulf Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Zach Guthrie as the train of the franchise business's G League affiliate in South Gulf, resources inform ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA assistant with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers split methods with previous head train Dane Johnson in August after one time and also a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was actually worked with due to the Wizards in 2021 as an associate to head train Wes Unseld Jr. He previously worked with the Utah Jazz music as an aide to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, complied with through two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses knowledge as supervisor of sophisticated looking for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video clip coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head coach Johnson left the institution after 2024 No. 55 choice Bronny James, the child of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summertime league play.Guthrie will right now likely be actually asked for with handling the duty of creating James, that is expected to invest a lot of his newbie time in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp coaching expertise features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer months league.In 2023 Guthrie delivered some idea into his mentoring approach on The Basketball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Baseball Engagement, when he claimed he ased if to take a "comprehensive method" to training." I assume at this moment, we as coaches tend to be as well siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver final summer season. "Our team intend to just look at the small, the little bit of skill-sets and also the drill and this play and this thing. I believe it's all about attaching it to the video game as well as comprehending the circumstance." We want to possess these boutique, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing concerns [the player] and also his development and his growth. But you must know how that moves to the crew, to the 5-on-5 component. Our team take a lot of this particular out of context and also we get thus dropped within this specific skill-set when it has to do with just how does it transmit to the group as well as just how may our experts obtain as a lot crew development as achievable ... That's what I indicate by the holistic technique." Lakers supporters will definitely right now observe just how Guthrie decides to use that method to James' development when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G Game time on Nov. 9 at the NBA team's method location.