.The Los Angeles Lakers have eventually brought in a fresh selection for the most up to date head coach of their El Segundo-based G League associate team, the South Bay Lakers.Sources notify Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Gulf is actually employing long time assistant instructor Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has actually formerly offered on the teams of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks and also Utah Jazz.Guthrie had actually functioned under then-Utah Jazz scalp instructor Quin Snyder (currently with the Atlanta ga Hawks) from 2016-20, along with Dallas Mavericks then-head trainer Rick Carlisle in 2020-21, and also most recently for the Wizards under then-head coach Wes Unseld Jr. beginning in 2021. Unseld was fired midway via 2023-24, as well as was actually replaced by assistant instructor Brian Keefe. This springtime, Keefe was actually marketed from an interim duty into the crew's long-lasting scalp coach.As a scalp coach, Guthrie assisted the Wizards' 2022 Summertime League squad.Per the National Basketball Coaches Association, Guthrie likewise operated as an aide video organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, under scalp trainer Gregg Popovich, as well as a supervisor of sophisticated looking for the Orlando Magic.South Gulf went 26-24 during the course of its own 2023-24 period, under previous head coach Dane Johnson. Johnson was actually could final month, after simply one year on the job.Read A lot more: South Bay Lakers Fire Head Train Dane JohnsonThe G League is actually the NBA's developing minor league body. Presently, 3 players are actually printer inked to two-way arrangements with Los Angeles: tiny Blake Hinson, onward Armel Traore, and also center Colin Castleton. Two-way players are actually toggled between the Lakers proper as well as the South Bay Lakers. Three gamers are actually confirmed to have been actually inked to Display 10 training camp deals with L.A., as well as will most likely sign up with South Bay on associate bargains: power forward/center Kylor Kelley, point guard Quincy Olivari as well as guard Jordan Goodwin. All 15 regular lineup locations for L.A. and all three two-way spots are actually occupied, yet theoretically gamers may be forgoed if Lakers metal definitely likes what it sees from some of these fellas. Possibly most notably, Guthrie will be charged with developing the play of raw rookie point guard Bronny James, the 19-year-old son of returning Lakers All-Star ahead LeBron James. Bronny James was actually selected along with the No. 55 total pick in this particular summer months's 2024 NBA Draught after a lackluster one-and-done run with USC. He underperformed again in Summer months Organization enjoy with Los Angeles. Johnson had actually acted as the club's scalp coach throughout that tenure, and was actually fired quickly thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Youthful Notes 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Group.