.The Los Angeles Lakers have eventually made a clean option for the latest scalp train of their El Segundo-based G League partner squad, the South Gulf Lakers.Sources educate Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Bay is choosing long time assistant instructor Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has actually earlier provided on the workers of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks and also Utah Jazz.Guthrie had actually functioned under then-Utah Jazz music head trainer Quin Snyder (right now along with the Atlanta ga Hawks) coming from 2016-20, along with Dallas Mavericks then-head train Rick Carlisle in 2020-21, and also most recently for the Wizards under then-head trainer Wes Unseld Jr. beginning in 2021. Unseld was fired midway through 2023-24, and was actually switched out by assistant instructor Brian Keefe. This spring, Keefe was actually promoted from an acting function into the group's long-lasting head coach.As a scalp train, Guthrie helped the Wizards' 2022 Summer months League squad.Per the National Baseball Coaches Affiliation, Guthrie also functioned as an aide video coordinator for the San Antonio Spurs, under scalp coach Gregg Popovich, as well as a manager of advanced searching for the Orlando Magic.South Bay went 26-24 throughout its own 2023-24 period, under previous head train Dane Johnson. Johnson was actually could last month, after only one year on the job.Read A lot more: South Bay Lakers Fire Head Train Dane JohnsonThe G League is the NBA's developmental minors system. Presently, three players are actually printer inked to two-way contracts with Los Angeles: tiny Blake Hinson, ahead Armel Traore, as well as center Colin Castleton. Two-way players are actually toggled between the Lakers effective and the South Bay Lakers. 3 gamers are actually affirmed to have been inked to Display 10 training school deals along with L.A., and will definitely more than likely participate in South Bay on partner deals: power forward/center Kylor Kelley, point guard Quincy Olivari and also protector Jordan Goodwin. All 15 basic lineup places for L.A. plus all 3 two-way places are actually utilized, yet theoretically gamers can be waived if Lakers brass definitely likes what it sees coming from among these people. Probably most importantly, Guthrie will certainly be actually entrusted with establishing the play of uncooked newbie point guard Bronny James, the 19-year-old kid of returning Lakers All-Star forward LeBron James. Bronny James was decided on along with the No. 55 overall pick within this summer months's 2024 NBA Draft after a poor one-and-done run with USC. He underperformed again in Summer season League play with Los Angeles. Johnson had functioned as the group's head coach during the course of that tenure, and also was fired not long thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Youthful Specifies 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Team.