{"id":777490,"date":"2026-07-03T23:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/777490\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T23:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:33:24","slug":"amarillo-shock-to-begin-play-in-american-basketball-association-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/777490\/","title":{"rendered":"Amarillo Shock to begin play in American Basketball Association this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) &#8211; The Amarillo Shock will begin play in the American Basketball Association this fall, with the team\u2019s inaugural season set to tip off Oct. 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Open tryouts are planned for mid-July as the organization looks for local talent to build its roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Owner Que Hines, a former ABA player, said the organization is focused on creating opportunities for athletes across West Texas while bringing professional basketball back to the Amarillo community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Shock are also seeking local sponsors as they prepare for the inaugural season.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KFDA. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) &#8211; The Amarillo Shock will begin play in the American Basketball Association this fall, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,4500,9436,9440,9439,9438,8544,9441,9437],"class_list":["post-777490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-live-speeches","tag-live-updates","tag-live-video","tag-press-conference","tag-real-time-coverage","tag-video-updates"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116858664003812044","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}