.Bart Young/NBAE by means of Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant coach Zach Guthrie has actually been employed as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game associate, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are choosing Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise's G Game partner in South Gulf, resources tell ESPN. Guthrie has been an NBA assistant with Washington, Dallas as well as Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers split methods with former scalp train Dane Johnson in August after one season and a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was employed by the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to head trainer Wes Unseld Jr. He earlier worked with the Utah Jazz music as an aide to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, observed through two times with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie also possesses adventure as manager of state-of-the-art searching for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video clip planner for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay scalp instructor Johnson left the association after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the child of Lakers star LeBron James, had a hard time early in summer game play.Guthrie will definitely now likely be actually billed along with tackling the duty of creating James, that is counted on to invest the majority of his rookie time in the G League.Guthrie's previous head coaching expertise consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summertime league.In 2023 Guthrie delivered some insight right into his mentoring theory on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver from Baseball Immersion, when he said he ased if to take a "alternative approach" to mentoring." I believe now, we as trainers have a tendency to be as well siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver last summer months. "Our experts wish to just look at the micro, the little capabilities as well as the exercise and also this play and this point. I believe it's all about connecting it to the video game as well as understanding the situation." Our company want to possess these shop, 1-on-1 sessions. Whatever concerns [the gamer] and his growth and his development. Yet you must understand exactly how that transfers to the crew, to the 5-on-5 component. Our company take so much of the out of context and our experts receive thus dropped in this particular specific skill-set when it has to do with how performs it transfer to the team as well as exactly how can we acquire as a lot staff growth as possible ... That's what I mean by the comprehensive method." Lakers followers will right now see exactly how Guthrie makes a decision to apply that technique to James' progression when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game period on Nov. 9 at the NBA team's technique facility.