.Bart Young/NBAE by means of Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant coach Zach Guthrie has actually been hired as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually employing Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise business's G Organization partner in South Gulf, sources say to ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA aide along with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers split techniques with previous head instructor Dane Johnson in August after one period and also a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was actually hired due to the Wizards in 2021 as an associate to move coach Wes Unseld Jr. He earlier teamed up with the Utah Jazz as an assistant to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, adhered to through pair of seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally has expertise as manager of innovative scouting for the Orlando Magic and as assistant online video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf head train Johnson left the company after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, strained early in summer months organization play.Guthrie will certainly right now likely be charged with taking on the duty of building James, that is actually counted on to devote the majority of his newbie season in the G League.Guthrie's previous head coaching knowledge consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie supplied some knowledge into his coaching ideology on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Baseball Engrossment, when he claimed he liked to take a "comprehensive method" to mentoring." I believe right now, our team as trainers tend to be also siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver last summer. "Our company would like to only consider the small, the little skills and the exercise as well as this play and this thing. I assume it is actually everything about linking it to the game as well as knowing the situation." Our experts would like to possess these specialty shop, 1-on-1 sessions. Every little thing has to do with [the gamer] and his growth as well as his development. Yet you need to recognize just how that transmissions to the team, to the 5-on-5 factor. Our company take so much of the out of circumstance and our company get so shed in this specific skill-set when it concerns how does it transfer to the staff and also how may our experts receive as a lot group development as feasible ... That's what I mean due to the holistic technique." Lakers enthusiasts will definitely right now observe exactly how Guthrie chooses to apply that approach to James' development when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G League season on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew's strategy center.