.Bart Young/NBAE by means of Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant coach Zach Guthrie has been actually chosen as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League associate, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually hiring Zach Guthrie as the coach of the franchise business's G League associate in South Bay, sources say to ESPN. Guthrie has been actually an NBA assistant with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted techniques with former scalp train Dane Johnson in August after one period and also a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was tapped the services of due to the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to move instructor Wes Unseld Jr. He earlier partnered with the Utah Jazz as an aide to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, observed through two periods along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses knowledge as manager of enhanced searching for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video clip organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Bay scalp coach Johnson left the company after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer league play.Guthrie will definitely right now likely be actually billed along with taking on the duty of developing James, who is actually expected to invest a lot of his novice time in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp coaching experience includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie provided some knowledge into his training ideology on The Basketball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Basketball Engagement, when he said he just liked to take a "all natural method" to mentoring." I believe now, we as trainers tend to be too siloed," Guthrie said to Oliver last summertime. "Our experts desire to merely examine the micro, the little bit of capabilities and the exercise and also this play as well as this point. I presume it is actually all about attaching it to the activity and also recognizing the context." We intend to possess these shop, 1-on-1 sessions. Everything concerns [the gamer] and his growth and also his development. However you must know how that transmissions to the group, to the 5-on-5 component. Our team take so much of this particular away from context and also our experts obtain so dropped in this particular individual skill when it concerns how does it transmit to the staff and also how may our experts receive as a lot crew development as feasible ... That's what I indicate due to the all natural strategy." Lakers fans will certainly today find exactly how Guthrie chooses to apply that method to James' development when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Organization season on Nov. 9 at the NBA team's practice center.