.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide coach Zach Guthrie has been actually employed as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game partner, the South Gulf Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually choosing Zach Guthrie as the trainer of the franchise business's G Organization partner in South Gulf, resources inform ESPN. Guthrie has actually been an NBA aide along with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers split methods with past scalp trainer Dane Johnson in August after one season as well as a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was hired due to the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to move coach Wes Unseld Jr. He previously worked with the Utah Jazz music as an assistant to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, adhered to through 2 periods along with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie likewise possesses expertise as supervisor of state-of-the-art looking for the Orlando Miracle and also as assistant video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf scalp coach Johnson left the company after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer organization play.Guthrie will certainly currently likely be demanded along with taking on the task of cultivating James, who is actually expected to spend a lot of his rookie time in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp coaching adventure features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie supplied some idea right into his coaching theory on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver from Basketball Immersion, when he mentioned he ased if to take a "holistic method" to coaching." I presume today, our company as coaches tend to be too siloed," Guthrie informed Oliver last summer. "Our team would like to only look at the micro, the little bit of skills as well as the practice and also this play and this factor. I believe it's all about connecting it to the video game and knowing the context." We would like to possess these store, 1-on-1 treatments. Whatever's about [the player] and his progression and also his growth. Yet you must understand how that transactions to the crew, to the 5-on-5 factor. Our company take a lot of the away from circumstance and also our company acquire so dropped in this individual skill-set when it's about just how performs it move to the staff and how can easily our experts obtain as much staff development as achievable ... That's what I imply by the comprehensive method." Lakers followers will certainly today find exactly how Guthrie decides to use that approach to James' advancement when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Organization period on Nov. 9 at the NBA staff's method amenities.