.The Los Angeles Lakers have ultimately made a new choice for the most up to date head train of their El Segundo-based G Game affiliate squad, the South Gulf Lakers.Sources inform Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Gulf is actually hiring long time associate instructor Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has actually recently provided on the staffs of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz.Guthrie had actually worked under then-Utah Jazz head trainer Quin Snyder (right now along with the Atlanta Hawks) coming from 2016-20, with Dallas Mavericks then-head trainer Rick Carlisle in 2020-21, and also most lately for the Wizards under then-head coach Wes Unseld Jr. beginning in 2021.
Unseld was actually fired up midway through 2023-24, as well as was actually replaced by assistant train Brian Keefe. This spring, Keefe was advertised coming from an acting duty in to the crew’s permanent scalp coach.As a head instructor, Guthrie led the Wizards’ 2022 Summertime Organization squad.Per the National Baseball Coaches Association, Guthrie additionally functioned as an associate video clip planner for the San Antonio Spurs, under head train Gregg Popovich, as well as a supervisor of state-of-the-art hunting for the Orlando Magic.South Bay went 26-24 in the course of its own 2023-24 season, under previous scalp train Dane Johnson. Johnson was actually canned final month, after just one year on the job.Read Much more: South Gulf Lakers Fire Head Coach Dane JohnsonThe G Organization is actually the NBA’s developmental minors system.
Currently, three gamers are actually tattooed to two-way agreements with Los Angeles: small Blake Hinson, onward Armel Traore, as well as center Colin Castleton. Two-way gamers are toggled in between the Lakers appropriate as well as the South Gulf Lakers. Three gamers are actually confirmed to have actually been tattooed to Exhibition 10 training school arrangements with L.A., as well as are going to most likely join South Gulf on affiliate deals: electrical power forward/center Kylor Kelley, point guard Quincy Olivari and also shield Jordan Goodwin.
All 15 basic roster places for L.A. and all 3 two-way areas are utilized, yet in theory gamers might be forgoed if Lakers brass definitely loves what it sees coming from one of these guys. Possibly most essentially, Guthrie will certainly be actually tasked along with cultivating the play of uncooked novice point guard Bronny James, the 19-year-old boy of coming back Lakers All-Star ahead LeBron James.
Bronny James was selected with the No. 55 total choice in this particular summer months’s 2024 NBA Draught after an uninspired one-and-done run with USC. He underperformed once again in Summer Game have fun with Los Angeles.
Johnson had functioned as the group’s head train throughout that period, as well as was actually shot quickly thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Young Notes 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Team.