.Bart Young/NBAE through Getty ImagesWashington Wizards assistant trainer Zach Guthrie has been hired as head train of the Los Angeles Lakers’ G Organization partner, the South Bay Lakers, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are employing Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise’s G Game partner in South Bay, sources tell ESPN. Guthrie has actually been an NBA aide along with Washington, Dallas as well as Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted ways along with previous head trainer Dane Johnson in August after one season as well as a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was actually worked with by the Wizards in 2021 as an associate to move train Wes Unseld Jr.
He previously dealt with the Utah Jazz as an associate to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, observed through 2 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and Rick Carlisle.Guthrie also possesses experience as supervisor of innovative searching for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video clip planner for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf head train Johnson left behind the company after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the son of Lakers star LeBron James, struggled early in summer league play.Guthrie will now likely be actually asked for along with tackling the task of establishing James, who is anticipated to devote many of his rookie season in the G League.Guthrie’s previous head coaching adventure features leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer months league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some knowledge right into his training theory on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver coming from Basketball Immersion, when he said he liked to take a “comprehensive strategy” to coaching.” I assume today, our team as trainers have a tendency to be also siloed,” Guthrie told Oliver last summertime. “Our company wish to simply take a look at the micro, the little bit of skill-sets and also the practice and also this play and this factor.
I think it is actually all about connecting it to the activity and also knowing the situation.” Our team would like to possess these specialty shop, 1-on-1 sessions. Whatever has to do with [the player] as well as his development and his development. But you must know exactly how that transactions to the group, to the 5-on-5 component.
Our team take a great deal of this away from situation and also our experts receive therefore shed within this private capability when it concerns how performs it transmit to the group as well as just how can easily our company obtain as a lot group growth as possible … That’s what I mean due to the all natural strategy.” Lakers followers will certainly today view exactly how Guthrie determines to administer that technique to James’ advancement when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G Game period on Nov. 9 at the NBA staff’s technique facility.