.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate trainer Zach Guthrie has actually been employed as head trainer 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 coach of the franchise business's G Game associate in South Gulf, resources tell ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA associate with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted ways with previous head trainer Dane Johnson in August after one period and a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was actually worked with due to the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move train Wes Unseld Jr. He formerly dealt with the Utah Jazz music as an associate to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, adhered to by pair of times along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally has experience as manager of enhanced looking for the Orlando Magic and as assistant online video planner for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf scalp trainer Johnson left behind the company after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the boy of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer organization play.Guthrie will currently likely be asked for with taking on the job of cultivating James, who is actually anticipated to devote the majority of his rookie time in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp training expertise features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer season league.In 2023 Guthrie gave some idea into his coaching ideology on The Basketball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Baseball Engagement, when he mentioned he just liked to take a "all natural strategy" to mentoring." I assume right now, our experts as coaches tend to become too siloed," Guthrie informed Oliver final summertime. "Our experts wish to only check out the micro, the little skills as well as the drill as well as this play and this trait. I assume it's everything about attaching it to the game and also comprehending the situation." Our team desire to have these dress shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing has to do with [the gamer] and also his growth as well as his development. However you need to know just how that moves to the team, to the 5-on-5 aspect. Our company take a lot of this out of situation as well as our experts get so lost in this particular individual skill when it concerns exactly how performs it move to the crew and also how can our team receive as much team growth as possible ... That's what I mean due to the holistic method." Lakers followers are going to now view how Guthrie determines to apply that approach to James' advancement when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G League period on Nov. 9 at the NBA staff's method facility.