While Toronto Raptors veteran guard Dennis Schroder may have earned a journeyman label in the NBA after playing for five different teams over the past five years, the 29-year-old has been a fixture on Germany men’s national basketball team since 2014 and has held the captaincy since 2022.

To that point, there’s no team in the world that’s relying on Schroder and his health more than Germany, who took down Canada’s men’s national basketball team in an exhibition game on Tuesday, Aug. 9, as both teams prepare for the 2023 FIBA World Cup

Schroder, who had 15 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists in their 86-81 victory, would reveal to German media members that day 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. “This is our eighth training session and one game,” he continues, explaining the process of his physical rehab. “… It’s looking very good.”