.Bart Young/NBAE using Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide coach Zach Guthrie has actually been actually chosen as head train of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League associate, the South Gulf Lakers, every ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually hiring Zach Guthrie as the coach of the franchise business's G Game partner in South Bay, resources inform ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA assistant along with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers parted methods with former scalp coach Dane Johnson in August after one time and also a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was actually hired by the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He previously teamed up with the Utah Jazz as an associate to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, complied with by pair of seasons along with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie also has adventure as supervisor of advanced looking for the Orlando Miracle and as assistant video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf head train Johnson left the association after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, had a hard time early in summer organization play.Guthrie will definitely now likely be actually demanded along with tackling the job of building James, who is expected to devote the majority of his rookie period in the G League.Guthrie's previous head training adventure includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some insight right into his training viewpoint on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver from Basketball Engagement, when he said he liked to take a "holistic technique" to training." I assume at the moment, we as trains tend to become also siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver last summer season. "Our experts intend to merely take a look at the micro, the little capabilities and the practice and also this play and this point. I think it's all about attaching it to the activity as well as comprehending the circumstance." Our experts intend to have these boutique, 1-on-1 treatments. Whatever's about [the gamer] as well as his progression and his growth. But you need to comprehend exactly how that transactions to the staff, to the 5-on-5 factor. Our team take so much of the away from situation and our company get therefore shed within this specific skill when it's about how performs it transmit to the crew and how can our experts acquire as much staff growth as achievable ... That's what I suggest by the all natural method." Lakers fans will right now observe how Guthrie chooses to apply that technique to James' growth when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G Organization time on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew's practice location.