AboutWhat does the meme depict?

The 'LeBron James Reportedly' meme features an image of professional basketball player LeBron James appearing disappointed or facepalming in disbelief. The accompanying text typically follows the phrasal template "LeBron James Reportedly X," where 'X' depicts an amusing or fictitious situation, particularly parodying naive or rookie mistakes. This meme format is commonly adapted with overlays of fictional headlines or comments, often in the context of video games, to humorously represent LeBron James as making a beginner's error or misunderstanding in a gaming scenario.

OriginWho did it first?

The meme originated from a post on Reddit by an unknown user in the r/OkBuddyRetard subreddit on September 25th, 2022. The post featured LeBron James performing a facepalm, captioned with "LeBron James reportedly downed during instakill," a term from Call of Duty's Zombies mode that allows players to kill enemies instantly for a short period (Insta-Kill). Although the original post has since been deleted, it received significant attention, gathering over 1,200 upvotes and 19 comments.^[1]

Origin: 2022