.Bart Young/NBAE via Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant trainer Zach Guthrie has been actually hired as head train of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League partner, the South Gulf Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually employing Zach Guthrie as the coach of the franchise business's G League partner in South Gulf, sources inform ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA associate with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers split ways with past scalp coach Dane Johnson in August after one time as well as a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was tapped the services of due to the Wizards in 2021 as an associate to head trainer Wes Unseld Jr. He previously partnered with the Utah Jazz as an assistant to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, followed through 2 times along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses adventure as manager of advanced hunting for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay scalp train Johnson left behind the company after 2024 No. 55 choice Bronny James, the boy of Lakers star LeBron James, strained early in summer season organization play.Guthrie are going to currently likely be charged along with tackling the activity of cultivating James, who is anticipated to spend most of his newbie season in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp mentoring experience features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer months league.In 2023 Guthrie provided some understanding into his mentoring philosophy on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver from Baseball Engrossment, when he claimed he ased if to take a "alternative strategy" to training." I think immediately, our experts as instructors have a tendency to become too siloed," Guthrie told Oliver last summer. "Our experts want to merely examine the mini, the little bit of capabilities and also the exercise as well as this play and this thing. I believe it is actually all about attaching it to the game as well as knowing the context." Our experts intend to have these shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing concerns [the player] and his progression as well as his development. Yet you have to understand just how that transactions to the team, to the 5-on-5 element. We take a great deal of the away from context and also our experts get therefore dropped in this individual ability when it's about just how does it transfer to the staff and just how can easily our experts get as much group growth as possible ... That's what I mean due to the alternative method." Lakers enthusiasts are going to now observe how Guthrie makes a decision to use that technique to James' development when the South Gulf Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game season on Nov. 9 at the NBA staff's technique facility.