.Bart Young/NBAE using Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant coach Zach Guthrie has actually been tapped the services of as head trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game partner, the South Bay Lakers, every ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Zach Guthrie as the train of the franchise business's G Organization associate in South Gulf, sources say to ESPN. Guthrie has been an NBA assistant with Washington, Dallas as well as Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers parted methods with previous head instructor Dane Johnson in August after one period and a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was tapped the services of by the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to head train Wes Unseld Jr. He previously teamed up with the Utah Jazz as an aide to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, observed by 2 seasons along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie likewise possesses expertise as supervisor of enhanced hunting for the Orlando Magic and as assistant video planner for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay scalp trainer Johnson left behind the institution after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summertime game play.Guthrie are going to now likely be demanded along with handling the activity of cultivating James, that is actually counted on to invest many of his novice period in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp coaching experience consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer season league.In 2023 Guthrie provided some knowledge right into his training ideology on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver coming from Basketball Immersion, when he claimed he liked to take a "alternative technique" to mentoring." I think today, our company as instructors have a tendency to be too siloed," Guthrie told Oliver last summer. "We would like to simply look at the mini, the little bit of capabilities as well as the exercise as well as this play and also this point. I think it is actually all about linking it to the video game and understanding the situation." Our team desire to possess these store, 1-on-1 treatments. Whatever concerns [the player] and also his development and also his growth. Yet you have to understand how that transfers to the group, to the 5-on-5 aspect. We take a lot of this particular away from context and also our experts receive thus lost in this particular specific capability when it has to do with how does it transfer to the staff as well as just how can our experts obtain as much team growth as achievable ... That's what I imply due to the alternative technique." Lakers fans will definitely right now find how Guthrie makes a decision to administer that technique to James' growth when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G Organization time on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew's method amenities.