.The Los Angeles Lakers have actually ultimately created a fresh choice for the latest scalp coach of their El Segundo-based G Game affiliate team, the South Gulf Lakers.Sources update Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Gulf is actually working with longtime assistant instructor Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has actually recently served on the staffs of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz.Guthrie had actually functioned under then-Utah Jazz music head trainer Quin Snyder (now with the Atlanta georgia Hawks) 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 coach Wes Unseld Jr. beginning in 2021. Unseld was fired up midway through 2023-24, as well as was actually replaced through assistant coach Brian Keefe. This spring season, Keefe was actually promoted coming from an interim role in to the group's permanent head coach.As a head trainer, Guthrie helped the Wizards' 2022 Summer Organization squad.Per the National Basketball Coaches Affiliation, Guthrie likewise operated as an associate video recording planner for the San Antonio Spurs, under head train Gregg Popovich, and also a supervisor of advanced searching for the Orlando Magic.South Gulf went 26-24 throughout its own 2023-24 period, under previous scalp train Dane Johnson. Johnson was could last month, after just one year on the job.Read More: South Gulf Lakers Fire Head Coach Dane JohnsonThe G Organization is actually the NBA's developmental minor league device. Currently, three players are printer inked to two-way contracts with Los Angeles: tiny Blake Hinson, ahead Armel Traore, and facility Colin Castleton. Two-way players are actually toggled between the Lakers appropriate as well as the South Bay Lakers. Three gamers are actually affirmed to have been actually tattooed to Exhibit 10 training school agreements with L.A., and also will definitely likely join South Gulf on partner deals: power forward/center Kylor Kelley, point player Quincy Olivari and protector Jordan Goodwin. All 15 regular roster locations for L.A. and all three two-way areas are actually filled, but in theory gamers may be waived if Lakers brass really appreciates what it observes coming from among these guys. Probably very most notably, Guthrie will definitely be actually tasked with building the play of uncooked newbie point player Bronny James, the 19-year-old child of coming back Lakers All-Star onward LeBron James. Bronny James was actually chosen along with the No. 55 general pick in this particular summer's 2024 NBA Draft after an uninspired one-and-done run with USC. He underperformed once more in Summertime Organization have fun with Los Angeles. Johnson had worked as the club's head train during the course of that tenure, as well as was shot soon thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Youthful Specifies 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Group.