.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide train Zach Guthrie has been employed as head trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Organization affiliate, the South Gulf Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are working with Zach Guthrie as the train of the franchise business's G Organization affiliate in South Bay, sources inform ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA aide along with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers split methods with previous head trainer Dane Johnson in August after one season as well as a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was actually tapped the services of by the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to head train Wes Unseld Jr. He previously teamed up with the Utah Jazz as an assistant to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, adhered to through 2 times along with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie likewise possesses experience as manager of state-of-the-art looking for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video clip organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay head train Johnson left behind the organization after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer months game play.Guthrie will certainly now likely be actually charged with tackling the job of cultivating James, that is anticipated to devote a lot of his rookie season in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp mentoring knowledge features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie supplied some knowledge in to his mentoring approach on The Basketball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Basketball Engagement, when he mentioned he just liked to take a "all natural method" to mentoring." I presume today, our team as coaches tend to become too siloed," Guthrie informed Oliver final summer season. "We intend to merely take a look at the micro, the little bit of capabilities and the exercise and this play and this thing. I assume it's everything about connecting it to the video game and also understanding the situation." Our team desire to have these specialty shop, 1-on-1 sessions. Everything's about [the player] and also his development and also his growth. However you must understand exactly how that transactions to the crew, to the 5-on-5 element. Our team take so much of this away from context as well as our experts obtain therefore lost in this individual skill when it's about just how performs it transmit to the team as well as how may our team get as much team development as achievable ... That's what I mean due to the comprehensive technique." Lakers followers will certainly right now observe exactly how Guthrie decides to administer that technique to James' progression when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G League time on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's technique amenities.