.Bart Young/NBAE by means of Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate instructor Zach Guthrie has been tapped the services of as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game partner, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are employing Zach Guthrie as the trainer of the franchise's G Game affiliate in South Bay, sources say to ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA aide along with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers split ways with former head trainer Dane Johnson in August after one period as well as a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was worked with by the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to head trainer Wes Unseld Jr. He formerly partnered with the Utah Jazz music as an aide to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, complied with through 2 seasons along with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses experience as supervisor of advanced searching for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant online video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf scalp trainer Johnson left the institution after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, had a hard time early in summer months game play.Guthrie will now likely be demanded along with handling the task of creating James, who is actually counted on to spend the majority of his novice season in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp mentoring adventure features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie delivered some idea in to his coaching ideology on The Baseball Podcast along with Chris Oliver coming from Baseball Immersion, when he mentioned he liked to take a "comprehensive technique" to training." I presume right now, we as trainers tend to become too siloed," Guthrie informed Oliver last summer. "We desire to merely look at the small, the little bit of skill-sets as well as the exercise and also this play and this thing. I think it is actually everything about linking it to the game as well as understanding the situation." Our team wish to possess these specialty shop, 1-on-1 sessions. Every little thing has to do with [the player] and also his advancement and his development. However you must understand exactly how that moves to the group, to the 5-on-5 component. Our company take a lot of this particular out of circumstance and also our team acquire so lost in this individual ability when it's about how does it transmit to the team as well as just how may our team obtain as much staff growth as achievable ... That's what I imply by the holistic approach." Lakers followers will definitely today find how Guthrie makes a decision to administer that strategy to James' growth when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game time on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's practice amenities.