.The Los Angeles Lakers have actually lastly made a fresh choice for the latest head coach of their El Segundo-based G League affiliate team, the South Bay Lakers.Sources notify Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that South Bay is actually employing long time aide coach Zach Guthrie. Guthrie has actually earlier offered on the workers of the Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks and also Utah Jazz.Guthrie had operated under then-Utah Jazz music head train Quin Snyder (right now with the Atlanta ga Hawks) coming from 2016-20, along with Dallas Mavericks then-head instructor Rick Carlisle in 2020-21, and very most just recently for the Wizards under then-head coach Wes Unseld Jr. starting in 2021.
Unseld was actually fired midway with 2023-24, as well as was changed by assistant instructor Brian Keefe. This spring season, Keefe was actually promoted coming from an interim task right into the crew’s long-term head coach.As a scalp train, Guthrie helped the Wizards’ 2022 Summer months League squad.Per the National Basketball Coaches Affiliation, Guthrie likewise operated as an assistant video organizer for the San Antonio Spurs, under head train Gregg Popovich, and a supervisor of advanced searching for the Orlando Magic.South Gulf went 26-24 during the course of its own 2023-24 period, under prior scalp train Dane Johnson. Johnson was actually canned last month, after simply one year on the job.Read Extra: South Bay Lakers Fire Head Coach Dane JohnsonThe G Organization is the NBA’s developing minors body.
Currently, 3 gamers are inked to two-way deals with Los Angeles: small Blake Hinson, forward Armel Traore, and also center Colin Castleton. Two-way players are actually toggled in between the Lakers suitable and the South Bay Lakers. Three players are actually affirmed to have actually been actually tattooed to Display 10 training school deals along with L.A., and also will definitely probably join South Gulf on associate packages: energy forward/center Kylor Kelley, point player Quincy Olivari and guard Jordan Goodwin.
All 15 standard roster areas for L.A. and all 3 two-way places are actually filled, yet theoretically gamers could be forgoed if Lakers brass actually likes what it finds coming from some of these fellas. Probably very most significantly, Guthrie will be tasked along with developing the play of uncooked newbie point guard Bronny James, the 19-year-old son of returning Lakers All-Star onward LeBron James.
Bronny James was chosen with the No. 55 overall choice within this summer season’s 2024 NBA Draught after an uninspired one-and-done run with USC. He underperformed once more in Summer Organization enjoy with Los Angeles.
Johnson had actually served as the group’s head instructor during that period, and was actually fired not long thereafter.More Lakers: Trae Young Provides 3 Lakers on All-Time NBA Staff.