.Bart Young/NBAE via Getty ImagesWashington Wizards aide instructor Zach Guthrie has been tapped the services of as head instructor of the Los Angeles Lakers' G League partner, the South Gulf Lakers, every ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise business's G Game associate in South Gulf, resources tell ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA associate with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Gulf Lakers parted methods along with previous scalp instructor Dane Johnson in August after one time as well as a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was actually tapped the services of due to the Wizards in 2021 as an assistant to move coach Wes Unseld Jr. He recently dealt with the Utah Jazz music as an aide to Quin Snyder coming from 2016 to 2020, complied with by pair of periods with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses experience as manager of sophisticated looking for the Orlando Miracle and also as assistant video clip planner for the San Antonio Spurs, depending on to the National Baseball Coaches Association.Former South Bay scalp coach Johnson left the association after 2024 No. 55 choice Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, battled early in summer game play.Guthrie will definitely right now likely be actually asked for along with tackling the task of cultivating James, who is expected to spend the majority of his newbie season in the G League.Guthrie's previous head coaching knowledge consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer league.In 2023 Guthrie provided some insight right into his coaching philosophy on The Baseball Podcast along with Chris Oliver coming from Baseball Immersion, when he mentioned he liked to take a "alternative strategy" to mentoring." I presume right now, we as coaches tend to be too siloed," Guthrie told Oliver final summer season. "Our company desire to just examine the micro, the little bit of abilities and also the practice as well as this play and this point. I assume it is actually everything about connecting it to the game and also knowing the situation." Our experts intend to have these specialty shop, 1-on-1 treatments. Every little thing concerns [the player] and also his advancement as well as his development. However you have to know exactly how that transfers to the staff, to the 5-on-5 element. Our company take so much of this out of context and our team obtain therefore lost in this individual skill when it concerns exactly how performs it transfer to the group and just how can our company receive as a lot team development as possible ... That's what I indicate by the all natural strategy." Lakers supporters will right now observe exactly how Guthrie chooses to apply that strategy to James' development when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G League time on Nov. 9 at the NBA group's strategy facility.