CASUALS w/ C.J. Toledano

CASUALS is back! This week we’re joined by Rod Benson (pro baller, artist, improviser, author of the new book DIFFERENT DUDE) and comedian/author/cartoonist Mo Welch (Conan, The New Yorker). Both Rod and Mo chat about their careers at the intersection of basketball and comedy, when they realized that their hoop dreams would not come true, and hooping in various celebrity pick-up games around LA. In our end segment Dirty Work, we watch a compilation of Draymond Green ejections and rate them on a

This week on CASUALS we're joined by Alex Wong, NBA writer and co-host The Raptors Show with Will Lou. We can't help but feel like we're on the doorstep of a whole new era of NBA basketball. Exciting young teams and budding superstars in Houston, San Antonio, OKC, and Minnesota. Stick around for the debut of a new segment called The Toronto Rapture, where we force Alex to pick which famous Torontions will survive in the apocalypse, and which won't quite make the cut.

In our 11th episode, we're excited to welcome comedians Ian Karmel (The Late Late Show) and Jamel Johnson (Comedy Central) to chat about the first couple weeks of the season. We take a look at the In-season Tournament courts, Adam Silver's weird TMZ plug for Skims, the bizarre Timberwolves Brasil videos, and Ian takes us through his lifelong love affair with the Portland Trailblazers. Stick around to catch For Love of the Dame, a segment where we watch iconic Damian Lillard moments with Blazers

This week we're starting off the season with some predictions. Exciting new rookies (wassup Wemby), unstable team dynamics (Luka +Kyrie = ???), insane new rosters (Dame Time in MIL), and much more! Watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/d77OBiyvu9I

This week we're back in the studio with Chicago Bulls superfan Carmen Christopher (The Bear, Shrill). We take a look at Ben Simmons' promising preseason games, welcome the budding Chet Holmgren v. Victor Wembanyama rivalry, catch up on the confusing Kai Jones saga, admire DeMar DeRozan's spiral, and weigh in on the never-ending MJ vs. LeBron debate. Plus, Carmen put his roasting chops to the test in another edition of LOOKIN' ASS.