.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide instructor Zach Guthrie has actually been chosen 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 choosing Zach Guthrie as the coach of the franchise's G Game associate in South Bay, resources say to ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA associate along with Washington, Dallas as well as Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted ways with past head coach Dane Johnson in August after one time as well as a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was worked with by the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to head train Wes Unseld Jr. He earlier worked with the Utah Jazz music as an associate to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, adhered to by pair of periods along with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie likewise has knowledge as manager of sophisticated hunting for the Orlando Miracle and as assistant video planner for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf head coach Johnson left the company after 2024 No. 55 choice Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summer season league play.Guthrie will definitely now likely be charged along with taking on the task of building James, who is actually anticipated to spend a lot of his rookie period in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp mentoring knowledge features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer months league.In 2023 Guthrie delivered some knowledge into his coaching viewpoint on The Basketball Podcast along with Chris Oliver from Baseball Engrossment, when he said he suched as to take a "comprehensive approach" to coaching." I think at this moment, we as trainers have a tendency to become too siloed," Guthrie told Oliver last summer season. "Our experts want to merely look at the micro, the little bit of skills and also the exercise and also this play as well as this trait. I assume it's all about connecting it to the video game and also understanding the context." We desire to have these store, 1-on-1 sessions. Every little thing has to do with [the gamer] as well as his progression as well as his growth. However you have to comprehend just how that moves to the team, to the 5-on-5 element. Our company take a great deal of this out of situation as well as we get therefore dropped within this personal skill-set when it concerns just how does it move to the staff and also exactly how can easily our company get as much team growth as achievable ... That's what I mean by the all natural strategy." Lakers fans will right now find how Guthrie makes a decision to use that approach to James' progression when the South Gulf Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G Game period on Nov. 9 at the NBA staff's strategy establishment.