.Bart Young/NBAE by means of Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate instructor Zach Guthrie has been worked with as head train of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League associate, the South Gulf Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually choosing Zach Guthrie as the coach of the franchise's G League partner in South Gulf, sources inform ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA assistant along with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers split ways with past scalp train Dane Johnson in August after one time and also a 26-24 overall record.Guthrie was actually hired due to the Wizards in 2021 as an associate to head coach Wes Unseld Jr. He previously collaborated with the Utah Jazz as an associate to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, complied with through two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally has expertise as supervisor of innovative searching 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 head instructor Johnson left the association after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the boy of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summer season game play.Guthrie are going to now likely be demanded along with taking on the activity of building James, that is expected to devote a lot of his rookie season in the G League.Guthrie's previous head coaching expertise includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer season league.In 2023 Guthrie supplied some idea right into his mentoring philosophy on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Baseball Engrossment, when he mentioned he just liked to take a "all natural approach" to coaching." I presume today, our experts as trainers tend to be as well siloed," Guthrie informed Oliver last summer months. "Our team want to simply examine the small, the little bit of skills and also the practice and also this play and this point. I think it's everything about connecting it to the activity and also comprehending the situation." We want to have these store, 1-on-1 sessions. Every thing has to do with [the gamer] and his advancement and also his development. But you need to recognize how that moves to the group, to the 5-on-5 aspect. We take a lot of the away from situation and also we receive thus lost in this personal skill when it concerns how performs it transfer to the staff as well as exactly how may our company get as much team development as achievable ... That's what I mean by the alternative method." Lakers fans will now see how Guthrie decides to apply that method to James' advancement when the South Gulf Lakers advise their 17th NBA G League period on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew's practice center.