3
He Boomed Me

He Boomed Me

Part of a series on LeBron James. [View Related Entries]

Updated Jan 24, 2022 at 12:48AM EST by Autumn Able.

Added Sep 07, 2018 at 10:58AM EDT by Adam.

PROTIP: Press 'i' to view the image gallery, 'v' to view the video gallery, or 'r' to view a random entry.

About

He Boomed Me refers to a rant of admiration from LeBron James about NBA player Jayson Tatum after Tatum dunked on him in Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals. The rant became a copypasta in other online communities after being published.

Origin

On May 27th, 2018, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Boston Celtics 87-79 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, securing their place in the 2018 NBA Finals.[1] During the game, Celtics player Jayson Tatum dunked on LeBron James (shown below).



After the game, James was reported to have ranted in admiration about Tatum. Roughly a month after the incident NBA reporter @brohrback tweeted:

Overheard in Cavs locker room after Game 7:
“He got me,” LeBron said of Tatum's dunk over him. "That f***ing Tatum boomed me."
LeBron added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times.
LeBron then said he wanted to add Tatum to the list of players he works out with this summer.


Ben Rohrbach Follow @brohrbach Overheard in Cavs locker room after Game 7: "He got me," LeBron said of Tatum's dunk over him. "That f**"ing Tatum boomed me. LeBron added, "He's so good," repeating it four times LeBron then said he wanted to add Taturm to the list of players he works out with this summer. Rob Perez @World Wide Wob IT WORKED! 7:58 AM- 28 Jun 2018

Spread

That day, Rohrback's tweet was linked to in /r/nba,[2] where it gained on over 10,000 points. The text of Rohrback's tweet began spreading on the subreddit as a copypasta. For example, user KlaysToaster posted it with reference to Houston Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni on July 10th, gaining over 840 points (shown below, left). On July 1st, user madaboutdebian posted the copypasta referencing Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers, gaining over 750 points (shown below, right). The spread of the copypasta on /r/nba led to an inquiry on /r/OutOfTheLoop[3] about the copypasta.


KlaysToaster 846 points . 1 month ago Overheard in Rockets locker room after Game 4: "He got me," D Carmelo boomed me." D Antoni added, "He's so bad," repeating it four times. Share Save ↓ Antoni said of Carmelo. "That f** ng madaboutdebían 756 points . 2 months ago Overheard in Magic Johnson's Hollywood mansion after free agency opened: "He got me," Magic said of Sam Presti's trade coup over him. "That f***ing Presti boomed me." Magic added, "He's so good," repeating it four times. Magic then said he wanted to add Presti to the list of people he attends Six Sigma management training with this summer. Share Save

The copypasta soon spread outside of /r/nba to other subreddits, particularly those centered around Avengers: Infinity War. Edits tweaking the copypasta to be about Thanos appeared in /r/thanosdidnothingwrong (shown below, left) and /r/inthesoulstone (shown below, right).


Posted by u/TheLionsblood Saved by Thanos 2 months ago That Thanos f***ing boomed me. He's so good Posted by u/Hydrated AF 1 month ago 4 He Boomed Me good," repeating it four times. He then said he wanted to add r/thanosdidnothingwrong to the list of subreddits he gets banned from this summer. Edit: More LeBron џ|comment Share R save 100% Upvoted

Various Examples


Posted by u/OwnFall Saved by Thanos 1 month ago Avengers: That f*cking Thanos boomed me. He's too good. He's too good. He's too good. He's too good. The Avengers added him on the list of people they'll "try" to take out out this summer Comment Share S Save Posted by u/michaelsted1 1 month ago "He f------ boomed me" "He got us," /r/pcgaming said of Howard's Fallout 76 decision . "That f**king Howard boomed us." /r/pcgaming added, "He's literally Hitler," repeating it four times. They then said they wanted to add Bethesda to the list of companies they avoid this fall 2 Comments Share Save .. 99% Upvoted
Posted by u/Velawesome Saved by Thanos 1 month ago "He got me," Stark said of Thanos' punch. "That f**치ng Thanos boomed me." Stark added, "He's so good," repeating it four times. Stark then said he wanted to add Nebula to the list of Supers he escapes Titan with next summer. imgur.com/Ukgamh... He Boomed me (r/nba) "He got me," LeBron said of Tatum's dunk over him. "That f**king Tatum boomed me." LeBron added, "He's so good," repeating it four times. He then said he wanted to add Tatum to the list of players he works out with this summer 1 CommentShare Save . 98% Upvoted
M He boomed me. MEDIA streamable.com/syc6q C 0 14 0 Pick up PUMP SHOTGUN Posted by u/Sweaty_LeBron 1 month ago "He boomed me. That f*****g nephew boomed me." /r/nba added, "He's so sassy",repeating it 4 times. He then said he wants to add nephew to the list of slants he wants to smoke weed with this offseason 1 CommentShare Save 93% Upvote


Search Interest

External References

[1] Google – NBA Eastern Conference Finals 7

[2] Reddit .- /r/nba

[3] Reddit – /r/OutOfTheLoop":Why are people in r/NBA writing "'He got me,' Woj said…" posts?

Related Entries 22 total


View All Related Entries

Recent Videos

There are no videos currently available.

Recent Images 11 total

 


+ Add a Comment

Comments (1)


Display Comments

Add a Comment


Sup! You must login or signup first!