PORTLAND — The Portland Trail Blazers have hired Joe Prunty as an assistant coach.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., native spent the last three seasons as an assistant with the Dallas Mavericks. Before that, he spent nine seasons with the San Antonio Spurs.

The Trail Blazers said Monday that Prunty will start work immediately as the team prepares for the Las Vegas summer league. Coach Nate McMillan’s other assistants include Dean Demopoulos, Monty Williams and Maurice Lucas.

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Tatupu pleads guilty to drunken driving

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu pleaded guilty Monday to drunken driving and was sentenced to a day in jail and fines totaling $1,255.

“Lofa fully accepted responsibility by pleading guilty as charged. He asked for no special consideration, and he received none,” said Tatupu’s lawyer, Jon Scott Fox. “He will pay his dues and put this matter behind him.”

Municipal Judge Michael J. Lambo also ordered that Tatupu’s license be suspended for 90 days and have an ignition interlock breath alcohol device installed in his car for one year, said Sarah Roberts, a prosecutor in this Seattle suburb.

Tatupu, 25, co-captain and cornerstone of the Seahawks’ defense, will likely serve his sentence before the start of training camp on July 24, Roberts said.

He will be assigned to the same type of jail cell and receive the same treatment as any other inmate, she added.

“Oh, yeah, he won’t be treated any differently,” Roberts said.

The Seahawks signed the third-year pro to a $42 million, six-year contract extension on March 25, lauding him as a player teammates should emulate.