.The Los Angeles Lakers have actually eventually made a clean option for the latest head coach of their El Segundo-based G Game associate team, the South Gulf Lakers.Sources educate Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Gulf is choosing long time associate trainer Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has actually recently offered on the teams of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks as well as Utah Jazz.Guthrie had actually functioned under then-Utah Jazz music scalp instructor Quin Snyder (currently along with the Atlanta ga Hawks) coming from 2016-20, with Dallas Mavericks then-head coach Rick Carlisle in 2020-21, as well as very most lately for the Wizards under then-head coach Wes Unseld Jr. starting in 2021. Unseld was fired up midway through 2023-24, and also was actually replaced through assistant instructor Brian Keefe. This spring, Keefe was actually promoted from an interim duty in to the team's long-lasting head coach.As a head instructor, Guthrie directed the Wizards' 2022 Summertime League squad.Per the National Basketball Coaches Organization, Guthrie likewise functioned as an associate video clip organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, under scalp train Gregg Popovich, as well as a supervisor of sophisticated hunting for the Orlando Magic.South Bay went 26-24 in the course of its 2023-24 period, under previous scalp trainer Dane Johnson. Johnson was actually canned last month, after merely one year on the job.Read Much more: South Bay Lakers Fire Mind Coach Dane JohnsonThe G Organization is the NBA's developmental minors unit. Currently, 3 players are tattooed to two-way arrangements along with Los Angeles: small Blake Hinson, onward Armel Traore, and also facility Colin Castleton. Two-way gamers are actually toggled in between the Lakers correct and the South Gulf Lakers. 3 gamers are validated to have been actually printer inked to Display 10 training school contracts along with L.A., and also are going to more than likely participate in South Bay on associate packages: energy forward/center Kylor Kelley, point guard Quincy Olivari and shield Jordan Goodwin. All 15 common lineup locations for L.A. plus all three two-way spots are occupied, yet in theory players might be waived if Lakers brass really loves what it sees coming from some of these fellas. Perhaps most essentially, Guthrie will be actually entrusted along with creating the play of uncooked newbie point player Bronny James, the 19-year-old child of returning Lakers All-Star onward LeBron James. Bronny James was chosen along with the No. 55 overall pick within this summer's 2024 NBA Draft after a lackluster one-and-done run with USC. He underperformed once again in Summer League play with Los Angeles. Johnson had actually worked as the club's head coach during the course of that tenure, and was fired quickly thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Youthful Lists 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Staff.