.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide trainer Zach Guthrie has been tapped the services of as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Organization partner, the South Gulf Lakers, every ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are working with Zach Guthrie as the coach of the franchise's G Game associate in South Bay, sources tell ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA associate with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers parted means with former head coach Dane Johnson in August after one time and a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was actually employed due to the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to move trainer Wes Unseld Jr. He previously teamed up with the Utah Jazz music as an assistant to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, complied with through two periods with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally has expertise as manager of sophisticated hunting for the Orlando Magic and as assistant video coordinator 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 son of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summer season organization play.Guthrie will certainly right now likely be actually asked for with handling the task of cultivating James, who is actually counted on to invest most of his novice period in the G League.Guthrie's previous head coaching expertise consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer season league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some insight in to his coaching philosophy on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver coming from Basketball Engagement, when he said he ased if to take a "holistic approach" to training." I believe today, we as coaches have a tendency to become too siloed," Guthrie informed Oliver last summertime. "Our team want to merely check out the small, the little abilities as well as the exercise and also this play and this factor. I believe it is actually everything about attaching it to the game and recognizing the circumstance." Our experts want to possess these store, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing concerns [the player] and his growth and also his growth. However you need to recognize just how that transactions to the team, to the 5-on-5 factor. Our company take a lot of this out of context and our team acquire so lost in this specific capability when it concerns exactly how does it transmit to the crew and also how may we get as a lot crew development as feasible ... That's what I mean due to the all natural method." Lakers enthusiasts will definitely now view just how Guthrie chooses to use that method to James' progression when the South Bay Lakers advise their 17th NBA G League period on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew's strategy location.