.The Los Angeles Lakers have ultimately created a fresh option for the most recent head instructor of their El Segundo-based G League partner team, the South Bay Lakers.Sources notify Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Gulf is actually tapping the services of longtime assistant instructor Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has actually formerly served on the staffs of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks and also Utah Jazz.Guthrie had actually functioned under then-Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder (now along with the Atlanta ga Hawks) from 2016-20, with Dallas Mavericks then-head coach Rick Carlisle in 2020-21, and also most recently for the Wizards under then-head train Wes Unseld Jr. starting in 2021. Unseld was fired up midway via 2023-24, and was switched out by assistant trainer Brian Keefe. This springtime, Keefe was actually marketed from an interim task right into the crew's permanent head coach.As a head instructor, Guthrie helped the Wizards' 2022 Summer months League squad.Per the National Baseball Coaches Affiliation, Guthrie additionally functioned as an associate video clip planner for the San Antonio Spurs, under head train Gregg Popovich, and also a manager of enhanced scouting for the Orlando Magic.South Bay went 26-24 in the course of its 2023-24 time, under previous scalp trainer Dane Johnson. Johnson was canned last month, after simply one year on the job.Read Much more: South Bay Lakers Fire Mind Coach Dane JohnsonThe G Game is the NBA's developing minor league body. Presently, 3 players are tattooed to two-way agreements along with Los Angeles: little Blake Hinson, onward Armel Traore, as well as center Colin Castleton. Two-way gamers are actually toggled between the Lakers appropriate as well as the South Gulf Lakers. Three gamers are actually affirmed to have been inked to Exhibition 10 training school agreements with L.A., and will certainly most likely participate in South Gulf on affiliate deals: power forward/center Kylor Kelley, point player Quincy Olivari and also protection Jordan Goodwin. All 15 conventional lineup places for L.A. and all three two-way places are occupied, but theoretically gamers can be forgoed if Lakers brass really likes what it finds from some of these people. Possibly very most importantly, Guthrie will be tasked with cultivating the play of raw newbie point player Bronny James, the 19-year-old son of coming back Lakers All-Star forward LeBron James. Bronny James was actually chosen with the No. 55 total choice in this summer months's 2024 NBA Draft after a poor one-and-done keep up USC. He underperformed once again in Summer season League have fun with Los Angeles. Johnson had worked as the group's scalp train during that tenure, as well as was fired quickly thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Young Notes 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Group.