.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate coach Zach Guthrie has been hired as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G Game associate, the South Gulf Lakers, every ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually hiring Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise business's G League associate in South Gulf, resources tell ESPN. Guthrie has been an NBA associate with Washington, Dallas and also Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers split ways along with previous scalp train Dane Johnson in August after one time and a 26-24 general record.Guthrie was actually employed by the Wizards in 2021 as an aide to move trainer Wes Unseld Jr. He recently collaborated with the Utah Jazz as an assistant to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, followed through two seasons along with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie also possesses experience as supervisor of state-of-the-art hunting for the Orlando Magic and as assistant video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay scalp train Johnson left behind the association after 2024 No. 55 pick Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, strained early in summer months league play.Guthrie will definitely now likely be actually billed along with taking on the job of cultivating James, that is expected to invest a lot of his newbie time in the G League.Guthrie's previous scalp mentoring expertise includes leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer months league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some idea into his training approach on The Basketball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Baseball Engagement, when he said he just liked to take a "holistic technique" to mentoring." I assume at this moment, we as instructors tend to become also siloed," Guthrie told Oliver final summer. "Our company desire to merely check out the small, the little skill-sets as well as the practice as well as this play as well as this trait. I presume it is actually all about attaching it to the activity and also knowing the situation." We want to possess these specialty shop, 1-on-1 sessions. Whatever has to do with [the gamer] and his growth and his growth. However you have to comprehend how that transmissions to the group, to the 5-on-5 component. We take so much of this away from situation and our team acquire so lost within this personal skill-set when it's about exactly how performs it move to the crew as well as how can our experts get as a lot crew growth as possible ... That's what I mean due to the comprehensive technique." Lakers fans will today observe exactly how Guthrie makes a decision to administer that method to James' advancement when the South Bay Lakers tip their 17th NBA G Game season on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's technique amenities.