.Bart Young/NBAE using Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant train Zach Guthrie has actually been employed 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 League affiliate in South Bay, sources tell ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA associate with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers split means along with past head instructor Dane Johnson in August after one season and a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was employed due to the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move trainer Wes Unseld Jr. He formerly teamed up with the Utah Jazz music as an associate to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, complied with through two times along with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses knowledge as supervisor of advanced searching for the Orlando Magic and as assistant video organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head instructor Johnson left behind the association after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, had a hard time early in summer season league play.Guthrie will definitely now likely be actually demanded with handling the task of cultivating James, who is actually anticipated to invest a lot of his novice season in the G League.Guthrie's previous head mentoring knowledge consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer months league.In 2023 Guthrie supplied some idea into his training viewpoint on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Basketball Engrossment, when he mentioned he suched as to take a "comprehensive approach" to mentoring." I think right now, our team as trains have a tendency to become too siloed," Guthrie told Oliver final summer. "Our experts intend to just check out the small, the little bit of skill-sets as well as the exercise as well as this play and also this trait. I presume it is actually everything about attaching it to the activity and knowing the circumstance." Our company wish to have these store, 1-on-1 treatments. Every thing's about [the gamer] as well as his progression and his growth. Yet you have to comprehend how that transfers to the group, to the 5-on-5 factor. We take a great deal of this particular away from circumstance and also we get so shed within this specific capability when it concerns how performs it transmit to the team as well as exactly how may we receive as a lot group growth as possible ... That's what I suggest by the holistic technique." Lakers followers will now observe exactly how Guthrie decides to apply that method to James' advancement when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game time on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew's strategy center.