Minnesota Timberwolves former center Nikola Pekovic is in stable condition while battling COVID-19, according to Serbian website Telegraf.

Pekovic, who played six seasons for the Timberwolves, was hospitalized two weeks ago due to COVID-19. Telegraf reported earlier that Pekovic needed a respirator to breathe; however, his family has denied that. Pekovic's family said that he was hospitalized only because his doctors said that his situation should be monitored.

“He’s in stable condition” and “breathing independently” without a respirator, Pekovic's family told Serbian Blic while adding that the former NBA player has been in the Podgorica hospital since yesterday, according to NBC Sports.

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Kevin McHale, who was then the Timberwolves’ vice president of basketball operations, selected Pekovic with the first pick of the second round in the 2008 NBA Draft. Throughout his six-year NBA career, Pekovic averaged 12.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 24.9 minutes per game. The 34-year-old center also averaged shooting 51.8 percent from the field.

His best season came in 2012-13, where he averaged 16.3 points and career-high 8.8 rebounds per game. That ultimately earned him a five-year, $60 million contract extension in the offseason that summer.

However, after signing that contract extension in August 2013, Nikola Pekovic began suffering numerous foot and ankle injuries. He missed the entire 2016-17 due to an Achilles tendon surgery on his right foot. And before that season, he only played in 12 games due to a nagging ankle injury. The Timberwolves waived Pekovic in 2017, which ultimately ended his six-year NBA career. He only played in 97 games since signing that five-year, $60 million contract in August 2013.