A new Syracuse basketball mural is taking shape downtown, and this one is built around a simple idea: the GOATs.
Artist Chris B. Murray has unveiled a revised design for his latest project in Armory Square, and he’s calling it “SU GOATs’', a nod to the acronym for Greatest of All-Time.
The mural is set for 327 W. Fayette St., on a building owned by Mike Flynn, who owns Flynnstoned Cannabis Company.
Murray’s design centers on a large goat filled with the images of 25 to 30 players from Syracuse men’s and women’s basketball history. The roster of faces includes Carmelo Anthony, Gerry McNamara, Felisha Legette-Jack, Dwayne “Pearl” Washington, John Wallace, Rony Seikaly, Hakim Warrick, Brittney Sykes, Tiana Mangakahia, Dyaisha Fair, Derrick Coleman, Lawrence Moten, Louis Orr and Roosevelt Bouie.
He said he hopes to start work on Sept. 1, with the project expected to take three to four weeks to finish, weather permitting.
The new mural will sit just two blocks from Murray’s earlier Jim Boeheim mural at 215 W. Fayette St. That piece honors the championship-winning longtime head coach of SU’s men’s basketball team.
In size, the GOATs mural will match the Boeheim mural at roughly 30 feet by 50 feet. The difference is in the layout: this one will run horizontally rather than vertically.
It will also become the third large Syracuse basketball mural downtown. In 2023, artist Jonas Never painted a mural featuring Dolph Schayes, Breanna Stewart, Earl Lloyd Jr., and Manny Breland.
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