.Bart Young/NBAE using Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate trainer Zach Guthrie has actually 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 Organization affiliate in South Gulf, resources say to ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA assistant with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted methods along with previous scalp train Dane Johnson in August after one time as well as a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was worked with due to the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to move train Wes Unseld Jr. He previously collaborated with the Utah Jazz as an aide to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, observed by pair of periods with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally has expertise as supervisor of advanced looking for the Orlando Miracle and also as assistant video recording organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf scalp coach Johnson left behind the organization after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summer season organization play.Guthrie will definitely now likely be asked for with handling the task of cultivating James, who is actually counted on to spend a lot of his rookie time in the G League.Guthrie's previous head training expertise features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie provided some insight into his coaching philosophy on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Baseball Engagement, when he claimed he just liked to take a "comprehensive strategy" to training." I presume now, our company as coaches tend to be as well siloed," Guthrie told Oliver last summer season. "Our team would like to merely examine the mini, the little skill-sets and also the drill as well as this play and this trait. I assume it's all about attaching it to the game and also recognizing the context." Our experts desire to possess these store, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing's about [the gamer] and also his progression and his development. But you have to recognize just how that transmissions to the staff, to the 5-on-5 factor. Our company take so much of the away from context and also our company acquire so shed within this specific capability when it's about just how performs it transfer to the crew and also just how can easily our experts receive as a lot crew development as possible ... That's what I imply by the all natural method." Lakers fans will certainly right now view exactly how Guthrie makes a decision to apply that approach to James' advancement when the South Gulf Lakers advise their 17th NBA G Game season on Nov. 9 at the NBA team's practice facility.