.Bart Young/NBAE via Getty ImagesWashington Wizards associate coach Zach Guthrie has actually been actually worked with as head trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers’ G Organization affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, every ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespnThe Los Angeles Lakers are actually tapping the services of Zach Guthrie as the instructor of the franchise business’s G Game associate in South Bay, sources inform ESPN. Guthrie has actually been actually an NBA aide with Washington, Dallas and Utah. pic.twitter.com/khy0jt0jYgThe South Bay Lakers parted techniques with previous head instructor Dane Johnson in August after one period and a 26-24 total record.Guthrie was actually tapped the services of due to the Wizards in 2021 as an associate to move train Wes Unseld Jr.
He formerly worked with the Utah Jazz as an assistant to Quin Snyder from 2016 to 2020, followed through two periods with the Dallas Mavericks and also Rick Carlisle.Guthrie additionally possesses expertise as supervisor of advanced searching for the Orlando Magic and also as assistant video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, according to the National Basketball Coaches Association.Former South Gulf head instructor Johnson left behind the institution after 2024 No. 55 selection Bronny James, the kid of Lakers star LeBron James, had a hard time early in summer league play.Guthrie will certainly now likely be actually billed with tackling the task of creating James, who is expected to spend the majority of his novice period in the G League.Guthrie’s previous scalp training expertise consists of leading the Wizards in the 2022 summer season league.In 2023 Guthrie offered some idea in to his training philosophy on The Baseball Podcast with Chris Oliver from Basketball Immersion, when he claimed he ased if to take a “all natural method” to coaching.” I presume at this moment, our experts as coaches tend to become as well siloed,” Guthrie informed Oliver final summer months. “We intend to only consider the small, the little skills and also the drill and also this play as well as this trait.
I assume it is actually everything about linking it to the video game and also knowing the circumstance.” We wish to possess these boutique, 1-on-1 sessions. Whatever has to do with [the gamer] and his growth and also his development. But you need to recognize how that transfers to the group, to the 5-on-5 aspect.
Our company take so much of this particular out of circumstance as well as our experts get therefore dropped in this personal ability when it’s about just how performs it transmit to the staff as well as just how can we receive as much team development as feasible … That’s what I indicate due to the holistic method.” Lakers fans are going to now observe just how Guthrie chooses to administer that strategy to James’ advancement when the South Bay Lakers tip off their 17th NBA G Game time on Nov. 9 at the NBA crew’s technique facility.