Local basketball coach and trainer Mike “The Guru” Jones sit down with former and current local athletes to talk about basketball and more importantly, life.
Welcome back, in our 42nd installment, Guru welcomes in his best friend Rashad Butler. Live from Vancouver, Rashad calls in to tell us about his childhood growing up in the Bahamas, representing his country in not one but two different sports and of course how his friendship with Guru began. Super dope conversation.
Welcome back. Guru is back with a twist. He discusses Jovi and Sully no longer being with us, the upcoming rebrand and the Gang gives a summer basketball and recruiting update. We even have a cameo from Sabine and Preston. Get excited, new ish is on the way.
Welcome back... In this very special Sunday Funday edition, the crew is joined by Guru's baby sister and Candle Queen, Amanda and Guru's Father Don... Amanda talks about life as a nurse during a pandemic and her budding candle business, while Don talks to the crew about growing up in Durham, how much it's changed since then and all about the “window”. Family shit, enjoy.
Welcome back... In our 38th installment, the gang dives in Jovi's birthday behavior, Stink's successful trip to Philly, the passing of DMX and Black Rob and Sully is canceling Hallmark. Enjoy.
Welcome back. In this installment, the No Cap crew pays homage to Roy Williams, talk about their worst jobs and some good ole dessert talk. Enjoy.
We are back. This go around the gang discusses Guru's childhood crush, the legend Little Haley, Jovi's hatred of vaccination stickers and some good ole sneaker talk. Enjoy.
The gang is back with the our 35th installment. In this episode, Guru talks about his award, gives a recap of his birthday party and Jovi gives an update in these activist streets. Enjoy.
The crew is back with a double episode. Everything from camera doofs, sneakers and basketball to Guru's award and making decisions with your brain and not your heart. Enjoy.
Welcome back... In our 32nd installment, we introduce the new female voice of the NCP, Sully and we have Guru's big cousin Jay in the building. The fellas talk about growing up in the Jones family, how Jay found his passion in life and most importantly, they talked about the living legend who was Margaret Jones. Jones shit, bruh. Enjoy.
Welcome back. In our 31st installment, the guys check in with each other and talk about the opening weekend of the Guru School, Guru summarizes his battle with the Rony and “the slurs” let Jovi down once more.... Not to mention, is Kyrie really crazy??? Enjoy.
Welcome back... In our 30th installment, the fellas celebrate their 1 year podcast anniversary with Guru's nieces Ryann and Raegan. They talk about Thanksgiving and it's overrated menu options, everybody's peak and pit of the Rony and we even got a Bucket and Beale cameo. Ladies niiiiiiight. Enjoy.
The guys are back with a special, special guest for our 29th installment. Today, we have local legend and two sport phenom Dovonte Edwards aka DV in the building. DV tells his story of growing up as the MAN in the Chapel Hill, being a nationwide recruit in both basketball and football, his time at NC State and in the NFL and most importantly, what he's doing now. Super dope episode, enjoy.
Welcome back... The fellas are back for Episode 28 and they're joined by the one and only Lady Gang... Riley, Laney, Kayla and Aaliyah are back to update the world on what quarantine aau life has been like, pandemic recruiting and how they feel about The Guru School and each other. Shout out to the Lady Gang.
Welcome back... In our 27th installment, Jovi gives us a social injustice update and talks about his upcoming 1 on 1 battle, the fellas give their NBA finals predictions and Guru gives us the latest on all things Guru School. Enjoy.
The boys are back with a special special guest, Guru's mom Bobetta. She gives us her story, what Guru was like as a kid, her own personal family issues and her and Von tag team Guru about voting. Enjoy. Shout out to Bobetta.
Welcome back, welcome back. We have officially hit our Kobe episode (RIP Mamba) and the guys had a lot to talk about. First off, we went to Jovi's Activist Corner to hear about how he's making a change in his community for the better, they then touched on how Lady Gang member Laney Beale is officially famous in these streets and last but not least, we finally get to hear Guru's big announcement. Enjoy.
The No Cap boys are back with another episode for the streets. The theme of this episode is simple, doing more. Enjoy. Black Lives Matter.
Welcome back... The guys jump right back into the state of the world and what they're doing to try to make it better. Use your voice. Black Lives Matter.
Welcome back. The guys are back to talk about the state of the world, how they're feeling and what they've each been doing to help cause change. Uncomfortable conversation but a needed conversation. Enjoy. Black Lives Matter.
We have officially hit our 20th episode thanks to you guys, so we decided to do something special. In the building we have the Day 1 Guru Gang; Z-Bo, Brater, Carter, Pele, Tuck and Nick. Guru and the guys get a chance to catch up, reminisce on the early days of the Guru Gang and talk about what life has been like after East. CLASSIC episode, enjoy.
We are back!! In our 19th installment, we FINALLY got the King of Chapel Hill and current Davidson star, Carter Collins in the building. He talks about the early Guru days, what it took for him to become a Division 1 basketball player and what his plans are for his senior season and beyond. Special episode indeed. Enjoy
We are back, we are back, we are back... In our 18th installment, the fellas discussed what quarantine life has been like, Guru tells us all the accolades the Gang racked up this season and Jovi gives us a hilarious story about a UNC football game that almost went tragically wrong. (John Wilson, we looking for you) Enjoy.
Welcome back... In our 17th installment, the fellas are joined by one of the day 1 Guru Gang members Ian. Ian gives us the scoop on life at UNC-W, his first coaching job and him and Jovi became Bojangle's buddies. Enjoy.
Welcome back, the fellas are back with our 16th installment. In this episode, they discussed Guru's latest injury, his summer plans for the Gang and he gave us another classic tale from his Scotia days. Enjoy.
Welcome back, we are back with our 15th installment. Guru was in his baaaaaaaaaaaaag. In this episode, the fellas take a cereal deep dive, Guru gives us some WILD stories from his Scotia days and Jovi is coming out of retirement?? Another classic episode, enjoy...
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back... In our 14th installment, the fellas are joined by Guru's guys from East; Miles, Sean, Will, Ryan and Chris. In this fun filled episode, we found out what life is like at East without Guru, Sean's mom is a legend, the streets are still calling Chris' name, Jovi is apparently the plug for the best potato chips in the prison streets and Ryan's dad represents WHO?! Fun was had by all. Enjoy.
Welcome back. In our 13th installment, the guys are joined by two of Guru's point guard protégés Dillon and Ben. Dillon gave us an embarrassing basketball story, Ben let us know just how much he's NOT a fan of James Harden and Guru took a second to give them a speech about confidence. Enjoy.
Welcome back.... In our 12th episode, the fellas are joined by Aaliyah, Laney and Alicia. Alicia gives us the scoop on what it's like being the big sister of the Guru Gang, Laney and Aaliyah gave us an update on their seasons so far and they let us know how excited they are about their matchup TONIGHT. Enjoy
In our 11th installment, the guys take some time to reflect on Kobe, the all star game selections and they recap their Friday night in Hillsborough. Enjoy.
We are finally in the double digits. In our 10th episode, Guru's son aka Stink finally pulls up and tells the world what it's like to have Guru as a dad. They talk the pressure of being a Jones, of course Cookout vs. Bojangles and Guru finally explains his departure from East. Enjoy.
Welcome, welcome, welcome, the fellas are back with our 9th installment of the NCP. In this episode, they talk their Friday night watching the Lady Gang do work, the power of social media and most importantly, NEVER letting ANYBODY treat you like the old you. Enjoy
Welcome back... In our 8th episode, the fellas get into Guru's recent life struggles, the current state of UNC basketball and Jovi gives us the story about the time he got catfish'd. Enjoy. Check on your strong homie.
The holidays have finally come and gone so we are back in our bag. Our 7th episode features Guru's nieces, Ryann and Raegan. Ryann gave us the scoop on life at App. State, we found out Raegan likes high heels and they even had a sister moment (awww). We laughed, we almost cried and best of all, we all learned a little bit about each other. The love was in the room, enjoy.
We're baaaaaaaaack. In our 6th episode, Von gets into his Dr. Phil bag and tries to talk Guru through his recent struggles. The guys talk Toby's overnight stardom, the gang doing work in their Xmas tournaments and most importantly, understanding your worth in this world. Enjoy.
Happy holidays. We are back again with our 5th installment of the NCP. This episode features 3 of my college killers Eric Peaks, Justin Tucker and Connor Crabtree. Connor gave us the inside scoop on being recruited by NBA legend Penny Hardaway, Justin told us what it was like playing for the Division III National Championship and Eric warns us all that he's finally healthy this season and not playing ANY games with y'all. Enjoy.
Our fourth installment features 4 seniors from East Chapel Hill, Shon, Miles, Chris and Eric. We found out Miles' granddad was in a shootout, Shon's great grandparents escaped the Korean War, Eric is the smartest human being breathing and Chris gave Jovi a recipe for dumplings. Enjoy.
In our third installment, we sit down with friend of the show and our brother, coach Toryeon Hester. We talk how he became a college football coach, our AAU national championship that never was, growing up together in Parkwood and those damn Barry Sanders'. Enjoy.
Welcome back!! In our second episode, we are joined by 3 upcoming basketball stars/members of the Guru Gang, Tyndall, Toby and the 8th Grader. 8th grader gave us some drip pointers, Tyndall dove into his hatred of cross-town rival Carrboro and Toby tried to convince us he's more than a shooter. Enjoy. (We didn't know our recording had an hour cap on it, our apologies, we are learning lol)
In our first episode, we give you a some back story on the NCP and we have some special guests in the building, the Lady Gang. We talked basketball, eyebrows and everything in between. Enjoy. (Had some recoding difficulties, our apologies, we are learning lol)