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    PBA great Nelson Asaytono now in stable condition after heart attack

    PBA great Nelson Asaytono now in stable condition after suffering heart attack
    Apr 11, 2020
    PHOTO: JEROME ASCANO

    CAGE great Nelson Asaytono is now in stable condition after suffering from a heart attack this week in Cavite.

    The 53-year-old Asaytono, a seven-time PBA champion and 10-time All-Star, had already been taken out of the ICU, and later discharged from a hospital in General Trias City under the care of Vice Mayor Maurito Sison.

    NLEX Assistant Vice President Ronald Dulatre, who plays basketball with Asaytono once in a while and a friend of Sison, confirmed the report on Saturday.

    "Sa bahay na lang magpapagaling," said Dulatre, quoting Sison.

    Asaytono was taken to the ICU on Tuesday, according to the NLEX executive.

    “Nagtanong na rin sa akin si Jolas (Jojo Lastimosa, NLEX deputy coach) tungkol sa health situation ni Nelson,” he added.

    Lastimosa and Asaytono were former teammates at Purefoods from 1989-90.

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      The PBA Legends are already trying to raise funds among themselves to help their fellow player defray the hospital cost.

      PBA commissioner Willie Marcial has also been adviced about the condition of Asaytono, a three-time Mythical First Team and two-time Best Player of the Conference in a career that spawned 17 seasons.

      Marcial said the league will definitely extend financial assistance to the native of Oriental Mindoro, who finished as the league's no. 5 all-time scoring leader with a total of 12,268 points by the end of his playing career in 2006.

      Asaytono, the no. 2 overall pick by Purefoods in the 1989 rookie draft. dropped by the Mall of Asia Arena last year during the Philippine Cup and personally met Marcial and other former teammates.

      The former University of Manila stalwart said he's already a contractor who's into building basketball courts and gyms.

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      Asaytono, a bruising 6-foot-4 dynamo, was also a four-time Mythical Second team member and a two-time Best Player of the Conference who twice strongly contended for the MVP title during his stint with Swift and San Miguel but was stymied both times.

      Despite a successful pro career, Asaytono was denied as member of both the league's 25 Greatest Players and 40 Greatest Players list of all-time.

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