.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide trainer Zach Guthrie has been chosen as head trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League affiliate, the South Gulf Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are employing Zach Guthrie as the trainer of the franchise business's G Game partner in South Gulf, resources inform ESPN. Guthrie has been an NBA aide along with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted techniques along with former scalp train Dane Johnson in August after one season and also a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was chosen due to the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He formerly worked with the Utah Jazz music as an assistant to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, observed by pair of times along with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie also possesses expertise as supervisor of innovative hunting for the Orlando Miracle and also as assistant video clip coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head train Johnson left the association after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the boy of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summer months organization play.Guthrie will definitely currently likely be actually billed with handling the task of cultivating James, that is counted on to spend the majority of his rookie season in the G League.Guthrie's previous head coaching adventure consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summertime league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some understanding into his coaching philosophy on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Basketball Immersion, when he mentioned he suched as to take a "alternative method" to mentoring." I believe at this moment, our company as coaches have a tendency to be as well siloed," Guthrie told Oliver last summertime. "We intend to simply look at the small, the little bit of capabilities as well as the drill and also this play and this thing. I believe it's everything about connecting it to the activity and comprehending the circumstance." Our team wish to possess these dress shop, 1-on-1 sessions. Everything's about [the player] and his growth and also his development. However you need to recognize how that transmissions to the staff, to the 5-on-5 element. Our team take a great deal of the away from context as well as our company obtain therefore dropped within this individual skill when it has to do with just how performs it move to the group and exactly how can easily we get as much group development as achievable ... That's what I imply due to the holistic technique." Lakers supporters are going to right now find how Guthrie decides to apply that approach to James' development when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Organization season on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's practice establishment.