.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant instructor Zach Guthrie has been actually hired as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game affiliate, the South Gulf Lakers, every ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually employing Zach Guthrie as the trainer of the franchise business's G Organization partner in South Gulf, resources inform ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA associate with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers parted ways along with past head trainer Dane Johnson in August after one period and also a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was hired by the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move trainer Wes Unseld Jr. He earlier dealt with the Utah Jazz music as an aide to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, complied with by two periods along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally has experience as manager of enhanced scouting for the Orlando Miracle and as assistant video recording planner for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head train Johnson left the institution after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer game play.Guthrie are going to now likely be asked for along with handling the job of creating James, that is actually counted on to devote the majority of his rookie period in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp coaching adventure includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer season league.In 2023 Guthrie gave some understanding in to his coaching viewpoint on The Basketball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Basketball Engagement, when he said he liked to take a "comprehensive technique" to mentoring." I believe immediately, our experts as coaches have a tendency to become too siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver final summer months. "We intend to merely check out the small, the little bit of skill-sets and the drill and also this play as well as this point. I presume it's everything about attaching it to the game and also recognizing the circumstance." Our team intend to have these dress shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing's about [the player] as well as his growth as well as his growth. However you have to know exactly how that transmissions to the crew, to the 5-on-5 element. Our experts take a great deal of the out of circumstance and our experts acquire thus dropped in this particular private skill-set when it concerns how does it transfer to the crew as well as exactly how may our team obtain as much group growth as achievable ... That's what I indicate due to the alternative approach." Lakers fans are going to right now find how Guthrie chooses to administer that technique to James' advancement when the South Gulf Lakers advise their 17th NBA G Game season on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's strategy center.