So, you’re out of school, getting a bit older, but still want to play some serious basketball? Here’s your chance.

There is a new pro basketball team forming in town — the Richmond Ram Chargers — and it’s looking for ballers.

The Ram Chargers, under owner Hassan Fountain and Coach Ray Neblett, will compete starting in November in the American Basketball Association East Region.

Tryouts will be Feb. 24-25 at the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club on R Street in Church Hill. The cost for trying out is $30.

To be eligible, a player must be at least 18 years old and out of high school. The roster will include 12 full-time players and two alternates.

Once the season commences, players will get “$100 per game, plus incentives,” said Fountain.

Both Fountain and Neblett are active in the area. Fountain, a Coca-Cola employee, has run for Richmond City Council and the School Board and operates the Fountain of Youth Foundation that opens children’s libraries.

Neblett, a residential aid at Serenity Counseling Service, is a former hoops standout at Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe High under Coach Bob Booker and at Virginia Union under Dave Robbins.

For the last 16 years he has coordinated the Ray Neblett Inner-City Foundation that has provided counseling and basketball training for area youngsters.

“I’m excited about this,” Neblett said. “This is another chance to give back. It’s my opportunity to stay involved with the game I love so much.”

A few facts about the Ram Chargers:

The name has nothing to do with VCU Rams or the NFL teams. It’s named after the Dodge Ramcharger truck.

The ABA plays with a red, white and blue ball, same as the one used by the old Virginia Squires of the original ABA.

The Ram Chargers will wear red, white and blue uniforms. The team is looking for former high school and college athletes, but no résumé is required to tryout.

The schedule will include at least 20 games and at most 50 from November ’24 to March ’25, with playoffs to follow.

Huguenot High School will serve as the home court for the first season.

All games will be on Saturdays and Sundays.

Ticket prices will be $15 for adults and $7 for children. Fountains 15 percent of all profits will go to Richmond Public Elementary Schools.

This is Richmond’s second crack at having an ABA affiliate. The Richmond Elite played several seasons at the Big Ben Wallace Gym before ceasing operations during the pandemic. Former Elite players are welcomed by the Ram Chargers, “as long as they’ve got fresh legs,” said Fountain.

Fountain is a long-time fan of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers and hopes his Ram Chargers will play a similar “fast-breaking, high-flying style.”

“We want this to be star studded- Showtime,” he said, referencing the 1979 to ’91 Lakers.

Contact: richmondramchargers3@gmail.com; call 804-687-6802.