.Bart Young/NBAE by means of Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide train Zach Guthrie has been actually tapped the services of as head train of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game partner, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise's G Game partner in South Bay, resources say to ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA aide along with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers split ways with previous head trainer Dane Johnson in August after one period as well as a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was actually worked with due to the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He formerly teamed up with the Utah Jazz music as an aide to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, followed through pair of periods with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie also has adventure as supervisor of innovative looking for the Orlando Miracle and as assistant online video organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Bay scalp instructor Johnson left behind the company after 2024 No. 55 choice Bronny James, the boy of Lakers star LeBron James, strained early in summer season organization play.Guthrie are going to currently likely be actually asked for along with handling the duty of building James, who is counted on to spend many of his rookie season in the G League.Guthrie's previous head mentoring experience consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer months league.In 2023 Guthrie gave some knowledge right into his coaching viewpoint on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Basketball Engrossment, when he said he just liked to take a "comprehensive technique" to mentoring." I think immediately, our experts as coaches tend to become also siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver final summer months. "Our experts intend to simply look at the small, the little bit of capabilities and the drill as well as this play and also this factor. I think it's everything about connecting it to the video game as well as knowing the situation." Our experts want to possess these dress shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Everything concerns [the gamer] as well as his progression and also his development. But you have to understand just how that moves to the team, to the 5-on-5 factor. We take so much of this particular out of situation and also we obtain thus lost within this individual skill-set when it concerns just how does it move to the group and how can easily our team obtain as much team growth as achievable ... That's what I mean due to the comprehensive method." Lakers enthusiasts will now view exactly how Guthrie determines to use that strategy to James' growth when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game period on Nov. 9 at the NBA staff's method establishment.