Nelson Asaytono (born January 25, 1967) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player who played for Purefoods, Swift/Sunkist/Pop Cola, San Miguel Beer, and Red Bull in the PBA during his 17-year career.
[5] He played three seasons for the ball club that had most of his former national teammates: Jojo Lastimosa, Alvin Patrimonio, Jerry Codiñera, Glenn Capacio, and Dindo Pumaren.
[7] With Vergel Meneses' first entire season with Swift in 1994, Asaytono could only make it to the mythical second-team selection but still performed well, averaging 18.6 points and 7.2 rebounds in 65 games.
[8] After winning four championships with Swift/Sunkist, Asaytono was traded to the San Miguel Beermen, his former team in the amateurs, in April 1996 for one-time MVP Renato Agustin.
[13] A year later, when Jong Uichico took over the coaching reins from Jacobs, he was relegated to the bench and was eventually traded to his former team, the Pop Cola 800s (together with William Antonio) for Dwight Lago, Boybits Victoria, and Nic Belasco.
On April 7, 2005, he passed Crispa great Philip Cezar for the fifth spot on the all-time scoring list after tallying 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting.
[14] Currently, he is fifth in the PBA all-time scoring list with 12,268 total points in 796 career games, behind only Ramon Fernandez, Abet Guidaben, Alvin Patrimonio, and Atoy Co.[15] Before retiring, he had a brief stint with the Pagadian Warriors of the National Basketball Conference (NBC).