.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide coach Zach Guthrie has been tapped the services of as head trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Organization affiliate, the South Gulf Lakers, every ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually working with Zach Guthrie as the coach of the franchise's G Game associate in South Gulf, sources tell ESPN. Guthrie has been an NBA associate along with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted means along with previous scalp trainer Dane Johnson in August after one time as well as a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was tapped the services of by the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to head instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He formerly collaborated with the Utah Jazz music as an assistant to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, followed by pair of periods along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie likewise possesses knowledge as supervisor of advanced hunting for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video recording organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf scalp trainer Johnson left behind the association after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, strained early in summer season league play.Guthrie will certainly currently likely be charged along with handling the activity of creating James, that is actually counted on to invest a lot of his newbie period in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp training adventure features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summertime league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some knowledge right into his mentoring ideology on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Basketball Engrossment, when he claimed he suched as to take a "alternative approach" to coaching." I presume today, our company as trains tend to become also siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver last summertime. "Our company want to just consider the mini, the little bit of capabilities as well as the practice as well as this play and this factor. I believe it's all about linking it to the activity and also recognizing the situation." We would like to have these store, 1-on-1 sessions. Whatever has to do with [the gamer] and his advancement and his development. Yet you have to recognize exactly how that transfers to the group, to the 5-on-5 component. Our experts take a great deal of this particular out of context as well as we acquire therefore lost within this private capability when it concerns exactly how does it transmit to the staff as well as just how may we acquire as much group growth as possible ... That's what I imply by the alternative method." Lakers followers will certainly now observe just how Guthrie decides to use that technique to James' growth when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game season on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's technique center.