.The Los Angeles Lakers have lastly made a fresh choice for the latest scalp trainer of their El Segundo-based G Organization associate team, the South Bay Lakers.Sources notify Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Bay is actually choosing longtime assistant train Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has earlier provided on the teams of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks as well as Utah Jazz.Guthrie had actually functioned under then-Utah Jazz music head trainer Quin Snyder (right now with the Atlanta Hawks) coming from 2016-20, along with Dallas Mavericks then-head train Rick Carlisle in 2020-21, and also most lately for the Wizards under then-head instructor Wes Unseld Jr. starting in 2021.
Unseld was actually fired midway with 2023-24, and was actually replaced by assistant instructor Brian Keefe. This spring season, Keefe was marketed coming from an acting function in to the team’s long-term head coach.As a head instructor, Guthrie guided the Wizards’ 2022 Summer Game squad.Per the National Baseball Coaches Association, Guthrie likewise operated as an assistant online video organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, under head coach Gregg Popovich, and a manager of innovative scouting for the Orlando Magic.South Bay went 26-24 throughout its 2023-24 season, under prior scalp coach Dane Johnson. Johnson was actually canned last month, after only one year on the job.Read Much more: South Gulf Lakers Fire Head Coach Dane JohnsonThe G League is the NBA’s developing minors system.
Currently, 3 gamers are printer inked to two-way arrangements with Los Angeles: small Blake Hinson, ahead Armel Traore, and center Colin Castleton. Two-way players are actually toggled in between the Lakers effective as well as the South Gulf Lakers. Three players are validated to have actually been tattooed to Exhibition 10 training camp agreements with L.A., and are going to likely participate in South Bay on affiliate offers: energy forward/center Kylor Kelley, point guard Quincy Olivari and also guard Jordan Goodwin.
All 15 standard roster locations for L.A. plus all 3 two-way locations are utilized, yet theoretically players could be forgoed if Lakers brass truly enjoys what it views from some of these men. Perhaps most notably, Guthrie is going to be tasked along with creating the play of raw newbie point player Bronny James, the 19-year-old boy of coming back Lakers All-Star ahead LeBron James.
Bronny James was actually picked with the No. 55 general pick within this summer months’s 2024 NBA Draught after a poor one-and-done keep up USC. He underperformed once again in Summer season Game play with Los Angeles.
Johnson had actually functioned as the group’s head trainer throughout that period, as well as was shot soon thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Young Details 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Staff.