.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate trainer Zach Guthrie has been actually employed as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League associate, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Zach Guthrie as the trainer of the franchise business's G Game affiliate in South Bay, sources inform ESPN. Guthrie has been an NBA assistant along with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers split ways along with former head train Dane Johnson in August after one season and also a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was tapped the services of due to the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to move coach Wes Unseld Jr. He earlier partnered with the Utah Jazz music as an assistant to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, adhered to by pair of periods with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie likewise has knowledge as supervisor of innovative searching for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf head train Johnson left behind the association after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the boy of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summer season game play.Guthrie will right now likely be asked for along with handling the activity of establishing James, that is actually anticipated to spend many of his newbie time in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp training experience features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie provided some idea in to his training theory on The Baseball Podcast along with Chris Oliver from Basketball Engagement, when he stated he just liked to take a "all natural technique" to training." I believe today, our team as trainers tend to become as well siloed," Guthrie told Oliver final summertime. "We want to merely consider the small, the little abilities and also the exercise and this play and this thing. I believe it is actually everything about connecting it to the activity as well as knowing the context." Our experts wish to possess these boutique, 1-on-1 sessions. Every thing concerns [the gamer] and also his progression and his growth. However you must comprehend how that transfers to the group, to the 5-on-5 aspect. We take a great deal of this particular away from context and we acquire so shed in this specific skill-set when it concerns how does it transmit to the crew and how can easily our company acquire as a lot group development as achievable ... That's what I mean by the holistic approach." Lakers enthusiasts will certainly today observe how Guthrie makes a decision to apply that method to James' growth when the South Gulf Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G Organization time on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's strategy facility.