.Bart Young/NBAE using Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide instructor Zach Guthrie has actually been actually tapped the services of as head trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Organization partner, the South Bay Lakers, every ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually working with Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise's G Game associate in South Gulf, sources inform ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA associate along with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers split methods along with previous head trainer Dane Johnson in August after one season and a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was actually worked with due to the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to head instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He recently partnered with the Utah Jazz as an assistant to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, followed through pair of periods along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie also has expertise as supervisor of innovative searching for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant online video planner for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head trainer Johnson left the organization after 2024 No. 55 choice Bronny James, the boy of Lakers star LeBron James, had a hard time early in summer months organization play.Guthrie will certainly currently likely be actually charged with tackling the task of cultivating James, who is actually anticipated to spend most of his novice period in the G League.Guthrie's previous head mentoring adventure consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summertime league.In 2023 Guthrie provided some idea in to his training theory on The Baseball Podcast along with Chris Oliver coming from Baseball Immersion, when he said he liked to take a "holistic approach" to training." I assume now, our company as trains have a tendency to be also siloed," Guthrie told Oliver last summertime. "We would like to merely look at the micro, the little skill-sets as well as the drill and this play as well as this point. I think it's all about attaching it to the game and also recognizing the circumstance." We would like to possess these specialty shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing has to do with [the gamer] and his progression and his growth. But you need to comprehend just how that moves to the group, to the 5-on-5 factor. Our company take so much of this particular away from circumstance and also our company receive therefore lost in this personal capability when it's about just how does it transfer to the staff as well as how can our team acquire as much crew development as achievable ... That's what I mean by the alternative method." Lakers supporters will today observe just how Guthrie chooses to use that strategy to James' growth when the South Gulf Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game period on Nov. 9 at the NBA staff's technique facility.