.Bart Young/NBAE via Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate trainer Zach Guthrie has actually been employed as head train of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Organization affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually employing Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise's G Organization associate in South Bay, resources say to ESPN. Guthrie has been an NBA assistant with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers parted ways with former head coach Dane Johnson in August after one season as well as a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was actually tapped the services of by the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He earlier collaborated with the Utah Jazz music as an assistant to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, observed by 2 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally has expertise as supervisor of sophisticated hunting for the Orlando Miracle and as assistant video recording coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf scalp coach Johnson left the company after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the child of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summertime game play.Guthrie will definitely right now likely be charged with taking on the activity of building James, who is actually anticipated to spend many of his newbie time in the G League.Guthrie's previous head coaching adventure includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie delivered some insight in to his coaching ideology on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Baseball Immersion, when he claimed he liked to take a "holistic technique" to coaching." I think at this moment, our company as trainers have a tendency to be as well siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver final summer. "Our team would like to just look at the micro, the little bit of skills and also the drill and also this play and this trait. I presume it's everything about attaching it to the game and knowing the situation." Our company would like to possess these store, 1-on-1 treatments. Every thing concerns [the player] as well as his advancement and his growth. However you must know just how that transactions to the staff, to the 5-on-5 element. We take so much of this away from circumstance as well as our company acquire so lost in this personal skill-set when it concerns just how performs it move to the staff and exactly how may our experts acquire as a lot group growth as achievable ... That's what I mean due to the holistic technique." Lakers enthusiasts will certainly right now view how Guthrie makes a decision to administer that strategy to James' progression when the South Bay Lakers advise their 17th NBA G League time on Nov. 9 at the NBA team's method facility.