.Bart Young/NBAE via Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide trainer Zach Guthrie has actually been actually chosen as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Organization associate, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually hiring Zach Guthrie as the trainer of the franchise business's G Game associate in South Gulf, resources say to ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA aide along with Washington, Dallas as well as Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers split means along with previous head instructor Dane Johnson in August after one season as well as a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was actually employed by the Wizards in 2021 as an associate to move coach Wes Unseld Jr. He formerly collaborated with the Utah Jazz music as an associate to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, observed through pair of periods along with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie also has adventure as manager of state-of-the-art searching 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 Gulf scalp trainer 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 definitely now likely be actually billed along with handling the task of creating James, that is actually expected to spend most of his newbie period in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp mentoring knowledge consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summertime league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some knowledge right into his training ideology on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver from Baseball Immersion, when he mentioned he ased if to take a "comprehensive strategy" to coaching." I believe right now, our company as instructors have a tendency to become too siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver last summertime. "We want to simply check out the small, the little abilities and the practice as well as this play and this point. I believe it's all about linking it to the video game as well as comprehending the situation." Our team want to possess these store, 1-on-1 treatments. Whatever has to do with [the gamer] and also his advancement and also his development. But you must understand exactly how that transmissions to the staff, to the 5-on-5 component. Our team take so much of this away from context as well as our experts acquire so dropped in this particular personal ability when it's about how performs it transmit to the team as well as how can our team obtain as much team growth as possible ... That's what I mean by the comprehensive method." Lakers enthusiasts will definitely right now observe how Guthrie decides to apply that method to James' growth when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G League period on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew's method facility.