.Bart Young/NBAE using Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide trainer Zach Guthrie has actually been chosen as head trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Organization affiliate, the South Gulf Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually employing Zach Guthrie as the trainer of the franchise's G Game partner in South Bay, resources inform ESPN. Guthrie has been an NBA associate along with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers parted ways along with former head train Dane Johnson in August after one time and also a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was hired due to the Wizards in 2021 as an associate to move coach Wes Unseld Jr. He previously teamed up with the Utah Jazz music as an associate to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, complied with through 2 seasons along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses experience as manager of innovative scouting for the Orlando Magic and as assistant video clip planner for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head trainer Johnson left the association after 2024 No. 55 choice Bronny James, the child of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer organization play.Guthrie will currently likely be asked for along with handling the duty of building James, who is counted on to invest a lot of his rookie period in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp mentoring knowledge includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie provided some knowledge right into his training viewpoint on The Baseball Podcast along with Chris Oliver coming from Baseball Engagement, when he stated he just liked to take a "comprehensive approach" to coaching." I think at the moment, our team as coaches tend to be too siloed," Guthrie informed Oliver last summer season. "Our team want to just take a look at the mini, the little bit of capabilities and the practice and this play and also this trait. I assume it's everything about linking it to the activity and also comprehending the circumstance." Our company wish to have these store, 1-on-1 sessions. Everything's about [the player] as well as his growth and also his growth. But you need to comprehend how that transmissions to the group, to the 5-on-5 factor. Our company take a lot of this away from situation and our company acquire thus dropped in this particular private skill-set when it concerns exactly how performs it transmit to the group as well as just how can we get as a lot staff growth as possible ... That's what I indicate by the all natural technique." Lakers enthusiasts will right now view exactly how Guthrie chooses to apply that method to James' development when the South Gulf Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G League time on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's practice establishment.