Dennis Schroder, a senior guard for the Toronto Raptors, has played for five different
NBA clubs in the last five years and hence may be considered a "journeyman" in the league.
The 29-year-old has been a stalwart and the team captain for the German men's national basketball team since 2014.
Germany, more than any other squad, is reliant on Schroder's fitness and participation.
which won an exhibition game against Canada's national men's basketball team on August 9 as both teams trained for the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
Schroder, who had 15 points, 8 boards, and 7 assists, was a major factor in their 86-81 triumph.
Disclosed that day to the German press that he "had Achilles tendon problems at the end of the season and then all the time in the offseason" (h/t BasketNews).
"I've had it treated, and I'm trying to get back to 100 percent," he says. We've had eight practices and one game thus far,