September tenth 2024 at 9:43pm CST by Dana Gauruder
The Lakers are hiring Zach Guthrie as the top coach of their NBA G League affiliate in South Bay, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets. The G League staff has confirmed the hiring (Twitter hyperlink).
Guthrie had been an assistant with the Wizards since 2021. He additionally spent a season with Dallas and 4 seasons with Utah. Moreover, Guthrie served because the supervisor of superior scouting for the Magic and was an assistant video coordinator for 2 years with the Spurs.
Now we have extra on the Los Angeles groups:
- Zach LaVine, Trae Younger, Jerami Grant and Brandon Ingram are among the many rival gamers who could possibly be linked to the Lakers in commerce rumors this season, Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report writes. Noting that the Lakers are pushed up in opposition to the second tax apron, Pincus believes {that a} commerce could be their solely path towards enhancing the roster. He takes a take a look at a dozen potential commerce targets.
- The Lakers may have a No. 44 band on the left shoulder of their uniforms this season to honor Jerry West, in accordance with ESPN Dave McMenamin. West performed all 14 years of his Corridor of Fame profession with the staff. He later served as a coach and government with the group. West, who was additionally a marketing consultant for the Clippers starting in 2017, died in June on the age of 86.
- Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and Ivica Zubac, who all signed extensions this 12 months, are the one surefire starters for the Clippers. How will the remainder of the lineup and rotation shake out? The Athletic’s Regulation Murray tackles that topic, speculating that free agent addition Derrick Jones Jr. and Terance Mann will seemingly be a part of the above trio within the beginning 5 with Norman Powell ideally slotted in a supersub position. Two different offseason additions, Nicolas Batum and Kris Dunn, must also declare rotation spots.
