.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant trainer Zach Guthrie has actually been tapped the services of as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League associate, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually working with Zach Guthrie as the coach of the franchise business's G Game partner in South Bay, sources inform ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA assistant with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers parted means along with previous scalp instructor Dane Johnson in August after one period and a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was worked with by the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move trainer Wes Unseld Jr. He recently dealt with the Utah Jazz music as an assistant to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, adhered to by 2 seasons along with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie likewise possesses adventure as manager of state-of-the-art scouting for the Orlando Miracle and as assistant video recording coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head train Johnson left the company after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the boy of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer season league play.Guthrie are going to now likely be charged along with handling the activity of cultivating James, that is actually anticipated to invest most of his novice season in the G League.Guthrie's previous head coaching experience includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie gave some knowledge into his training approach on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Baseball Engrossment, when he said he just liked to take a "comprehensive strategy" to mentoring." I think at this moment, we as trainers have a tendency to be as well siloed," Guthrie told Oliver final summer months. "We want to simply examine the small, the little bit of capabilities as well as the drill and this play as well as this trait. I assume it's everything about attaching it to the game and also recognizing the situation." Our team wish to possess these shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Every thing concerns [the gamer] and also his growth and also his development. Yet you have to know how that transactions to the team, to the 5-on-5 aspect. Our company take so much of this out of circumstance and also we get therefore lost in this particular personal ability when it's about how does it move to the crew and also how can easily our experts acquire as much staff growth as feasible ... That's what I indicate by the holistic approach." Lakers fans will definitely now view how Guthrie decides to administer that approach to James' progression when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G League season on Nov. 9 at the NBA staff's method facility.