.The Los Angeles Lakers have eventually created a clean option for the current scalp trainer of their El Segundo-based G Game partner squad, the South Bay Lakers.Sources update Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Bay is tapping the services of longtime assistant instructor Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has earlier provided on the workers of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks and also Utah Jazz.Guthrie had actually functioned under then-Utah Jazz head instructor Quin Snyder (right now with the Atlanta ga Hawks) coming from 2016-20, along with Dallas Mavericks then-head instructor Rick Carlisle in 2020-21, as well as very most lately for the Wizards under then-head instructor Wes Unseld Jr. starting in 2021. Unseld was fired midway with 2023-24, and was actually switched out through assistant coach Brian Keefe. This spring, Keefe was actually marketed coming from an acting function right into the team's irreversible head coach.As a scalp train, Guthrie guided the Wizards' 2022 Summertime Organization squad.Per the National Baseball Coaches Affiliation, Guthrie additionally functioned as an aide video clip organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, under head coach Gregg Popovich, and a supervisor of state-of-the-art searching for the Orlando Magic.South Gulf went 26-24 in the course of its own 2023-24 period, under prior scalp instructor Dane Johnson. Johnson was actually may last month, after only one year on the job.Read Much more: South Bay Lakers Fire Head Coach Dane JohnsonThe G Game is actually the NBA's developing minors unit. Currently, three players are inked to two-way deals along with Los Angeles: little Blake Hinson, ahead Armel Traore, and center Colin Castleton. Two-way gamers are toggled in between the Lakers effective and also the South Bay Lakers. 3 players are verified to have actually been actually inked to Display 10 training school agreements along with L.A., and also will likely join South Gulf on partner deals: power forward/center Kylor Kelley, point guard Quincy Olivari and guard Jordan Goodwin. All 15 conventional lineup locations for L.A. plus all 3 two-way places are utilized, but theoretically players could be forgoed if Lakers brass truly loves what it sees coming from among these men. Perhaps most notably, Guthrie will definitely be entrusted along with establishing the play of raw novice point guard Bronny James, the 19-year-old child of coming back Lakers All-Star forward LeBron James. Bronny James was selected with the No. 55 general selection within this summertime's 2024 NBA Draught after a poor one-and-done run with USC. He underperformed once more in Summer season Game have fun with Los Angeles. Johnson had acted as the group's scalp trainer in the course of that period, and also was actually shot quickly thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Young Provides 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Staff.