{"id":79061,"date":"2024-05-28T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=79061"},"modified":"2024-05-28T17:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:37:51","slug":"orange-transfer-eddie-lampkin-jr-expanding-his-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/28\/orange-transfer-eddie-lampkin-jr-expanding-his-game\/","title":{"rendered":"New Syracuse Transfer Plans To Expand His Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Syracuse Orange transfer Eddie Lampkin Jr.<\/a> isn\u2019t your typical center. The Houston native, much like his home city, is vibrant. Whether it be his off-court fashion<\/a>\u00a0or unorthodox playing style, he likes to be different in his own way. The big man on campus recently had an interview with No Destination<\/em>, a Syracuse media outlet. In the video the Orange transfer details why he chose Syracuse, his goals for the year, and his excellent passing ability.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L-MadHSOtUU&t=1s<\/p>\n

New Syracuse Transfer Plans To Expand His Game<\/h2>\n

So Why Did Eddie Lampkin Transfer to Syracuse?<\/h3>\n

As the former Colorado Buff pointed out, Syracuse has not had a good center in over 10 years. There have been some great power forwards, including former NBA players Tyler Lydon<\/a> and Rakeem Christmas<\/a>. But the last center of the same caliber as Lampkin was fan-favorite Arinze Onuaku<\/a>. Rather than following someone else\u2019s footsteps, the big man wants to forge his own path. Regardless, he\u2019s focused on what\u2019s at Syracuse \u201cright now\u201d.\u00a0On top of that, the senior transfer mentioned that he wanted to expand his game stating:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just trying to find somewhere that I could play my game\u2026be able to come shoot 3\u2019s, just do different stuff that people don\u2019t expect me to do\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Familiar Faces<\/h3>\n

When asked what teammates he was excited to play with at Cuse, Lampkin gave the perfect answer, all of them. He said he\u2019s familiar with a lot of the players, even incoming freshman Elijah \u201cChoppa\u201d Moore<\/a>. Additionally, he has been in contact with \u201cJD and JC\u201d, which are his fellow transfers, Jyare Davis<\/a> and Jaquan Carlos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his initial visit to the 315 Lampkin\u2019s host was Junior Chris Bell<\/a>. Bell, a sharpshooting forward, will help provide ample spacing for Eddie to work. If he and Chris Bell share the court together, we should see some fireworks for the Cuse offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m 1-on-1\u2026you gotta double. So if me and him are on the same side\u2026I can throw it anywhere he can shoot that and it\u2019s water\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Improving His Game<\/h3>\n

Lampkin would love to get his teammates involved. As he stated in the interview, rebounding and passing are a great way to find a spot in the NBA. As long as his teammates can catch it, he\u2019ll pass it. The big man specified he wants to be able to \u201cread off catching the ball\u201d.<\/p>\n

When asked who he models his game after, he gave a unique answer, NBA Naz Reid<\/a>. Reid is a fantastic role player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He\u00a0won<\/a> this year\u2019s Sixth Man of the Year award. In the regular season, Reid made a vital contribution to the highly successful Timberwolves squad giving them versatility and scoring off the bench. This impact has continued in the playoffs.\u00a0Lampkin had said he likes to get his teammates involved rather than score himself, as this helps the team win. Both players put their personal agendas aside and have a team-first mentality.<\/p>\n

High Hopes<\/h3>\n

The former Horned Frog and Buffaloe\u00a0has made it to the big dance three times. With TCU Lampkin advanced to the round of 32 in back-to-back years, 2021-22 and 2022-23. \u00a0Lampkin also made the round of 32 with Colorado last year.<\/p>\n

“I gotta get to the Sweet 16 this year\u2026I went to 32 two years ago and still haven\u2019t got past that, so that\u2019s really my goal right now” Lampkin said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite not being a \u201cblue-blood\u201d the Syracuse Men\u2019s Basketball program is successful. They\u2019re tied<\/a> for the eighth most NCAA tournament bids with 39, and have 6 final four appearances. What better team to take Lampkin dancing than Syracuse? The Orange didn\u2019t get a bid last year, but they have a good shot this year with a revamped roster. Head Coach Adrian Autry should be able to navigate the influx of talent<\/a> between the freshmen and transfers. As the season wears on the team will gel together, and they\u2019ll surely be ready come tournament time.<\/p>\n

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Syracuse Orange transfer Eddie Lampkin Jr. isn\u2019t your typical center. The Houston native, much like his home city, is vibrant. Whether it be his off-court fashion\u00a0or unorthodox playing style, he likes to be different in his own way. The big man on campus recently had an interview with No Destination, a Syracuse media outlet. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5164,"featured_media":79192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[773,1608],"tags":[1075],"class_list":["post-79061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-basketball","tag-syracuse-orange"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}