Tingnan ang wikitext ng Asi Taulava

{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Asi Taulava
| image           = Taulava.jpg 
| caption         = Si Asi nung siya ay nasa Coca Cola Tigers pa noong 2010.
| number          = 88
| position        = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| league          = [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]]
| team            = NLEX Road Warriors
| nationality     = Pilipino / Tongan
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1973|3|2}}
| birth_place     = [[Nuku'alofa]], [[Tonga]]
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 9
| weight_lbs      = 245
| high_school     = 
| college         = [[BYU–Hawaii Seasiders men's basketball|BYU–Hawaii]]
| draft_year_pba  = 1998
| draft_pba       = Direct Hire
| draft_team_pba  = [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters|Mobiline Phone Pals]]
| career_start    = 1997
| years1          = 1997–1999
| team1           = Blu Detergent Kings
| years2          = 1999–2007
| team2           = [[TNT KaTropa|Mobiline Phone Pals / Talk 'N Text Phone Pals]]
| years3          = 2007–2010
| team3           = [[Powerade Tigers|Coca–Cola Tigers]]
| years4          = 2010–2012
| team4           = [[Meralco Bolts]]
| years5          = 2012–2013
| team5           = [[San Miguel Beermen (ABL)|San Miguel Beermen]] ([[ASEAN Basketball League|ABL]])
| years6          = 2013–kasalukuyan
| team6           = [[Air21 Express]] / [[NLEX Road Warriors]]
| highlights      =
* [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] [[Talaan ng mga kampeon ng Philippine Basketball Association|champion]] ([[2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals|2003 All-Filipino]])
* [[Philippine Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player award|PBA Finals MVP]] ([[2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals|2003 All-Filipino]])
* [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] [[Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award|Most Valuable Player]] (2003)
* 17× [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game|PBA All-Star]] (1999, 2001, 2003–2012, 2015–2019)
* 2× [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award|PBA All-Star Game MVP]] (2004, [[2006 PBA All-Star Weekend|2006]])
* 4× [[Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team|PBA Mythical First Team]] (2003, 2007, 2008, 2013)
* 4× [[Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team|PBA Mythical Second Team]] (2002, 2009, 2014, 2015)
* [[Philippine Basketball Association Best Player of the Conference award|PBA Best Player of the Conference]] ([[2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup|2003 All-Filipino]])
* 3× [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team|PBA All-Defensive Team]] (2003, 2007, 2008)
* [[Bogs Adornado PBA Comeback Player of the Year award|PBA Comeback Player of the Year]] (2013)
* PBA 5,000 Points Club member
* PBA [[40 pinakadakilang manlalaro sa kasaysayan ng PBA|40 Greatest Players]]
* [[ASEAN Basketball League|ABL]] Most Valuable Player ([[2013 ABL season|2013]])
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{PHL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBA Asia Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2015 FIBA Asia Championship|2015 Changsha]] | [[Philippines men's national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[William Jones Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[William Jones Cup|2015 Taipei]] | [[Philippines men's national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[William Jones Cup|2007 Taipei]] | [[Philippines men's national basketball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[William Jones Cup|2011 Taipei]] | [[Philippines men's national basketball team|Team]]}}
}}

Si '''Pauliasi M. Taulava''' (ipinanganak noong [[Marso 2]], [[1973]] sa [[California]], [[Estados Unidos]]), o mas kilala bilang '''Asi Taulava''', ay isang [[Pilipinas|Pilipinong]] manlalaro ng basketbol na kasapi ng koponang [[NLEX Road Warriors]] ng [[Philippine Basketball Association]]. Kasapi rin siya ng [[Pambansang koponan ng basketbol ng Pilipinas]] sa mga kumpetisyong sinasalihan ng iba't ibang bansa.

==Philippine Basketball League==
Noong taong 1997, pumasok si Taulava sa [[Philippine Basketball League]], kung saan naglaro siya para sa Blu Detergent.

==Philippine Basketball Association==
===Mobiline/Talk 'N Text Phone Pals===
Noong 1999, pumasok si Taulava sa [[Philippine Basketball Association]], matapos mabigyan siya ng kontrata mula sa [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters|Mobiline Phone Pals]]. Noong 2003, napanalunan ni Taulava ang karangalang Most Valuable Player ng PBA, at napanalunan rin ng Phone Pals ang 2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup.
===Coca-Cola Tigers===
Noong 2007, napapaunta si Taulava sa koponang [[Coca-Cola Tigers]].
===Meralco Bolts===
Noong Setyembre 22, 2010, siya ay napunta sa Meralco Bolts bilang kapalit nina  Jason Misolas at Khasim Mirza bilang bahagi ng three-team deal sa [[Barako Bull Energy Boosters]].

==Mga Nagawa==
===PBA===
* Miyembro ng PBA 5,000 point club
* 2003 PBA Most Valuable Player
* 2004 PBA All-Stars Game Most Valuable Player (kasama ni Jimmy Alapag)
* 2009 Defensive Player of the Year
* All-Filipino Best Player of the Conference (2003)
* Reinforced Finals MVP (2003)
* All-Star MVP (2006–2007)
* 2009 PBA PBA All-Defensive Team
* 2003 PBA PBA All-Defensive Team
* 2003 Mythical First Team
* 2008 Mythical First Team
* 2009 Mythical First Team
* 2002 Mythical Second Team

===International===	
* 2002 Philippines-Chinese Taipei Basketball Series
* 2002 Philippines-Qatar Basketball Series
* 2002 Philippines-Melbourne Tigers Basketball Series
* 2002 Four Nations Invitational Tournament (Italy), 3rd place
* 2002 Asian Games, 4th place
* 2005 William Jones Cup, 3rd place (Tanso)
* 2005 Brunei Cup champions
* 2006 Philippines-Lebanon Basketball Series
* 2006 Brunei Cup champions
* 2007 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
* 2007 SEABA champions
* 2007 William Jones Cup, 3rd place (Tanso)
* 2007 Four Nations Invitational Tournament (Philippines) champions
* 2007 Philippines-Kuwait Basketball Series
* 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, 9th place
* 2009 Philippines-Australian Great White Sharks Basketball Series
* 2009 Philippines-PBA All-Star Exhibition Series
* 2009 SEABA champions
* 2011 Smart Ultimate All-Star Challenge (Smart Gilas)
* 2011 William Jones Cup, 3rd place (Tanso)
* 2013 ASEAN Basketball League MVP
* 2015 William Jones Cup, 2nd place (Pilak)
* 2015 FIBA Asia Championship, 2nd place (Pilak)

==Panlabas na kawing==
*{{in lang|en}} [http://www.pba.ph/roster/player.php?&playerid=161&playername=Asi%20Taulava PBA.ph Profile ni Asi Taulava]
*{{in lang|en}} [http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Lagoon/8541/taulava.html Estadistika ni Asi Taulava sa ABA]

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