I found it so funny how people always talk about lakerboy especially when he posts. People in the forum probably think he is the best, especially the less informed posters who just see this poster has so many views...they say why don't i view i and see whats the fuss about. Then you have those lakerboy nuthuggers who when other posters call out lakerboy, they go and defend lakerboy. Problem is these guys already like lakerboy a lot so its very hard for them to hate lakerboy once lakerboy got them convinced from before. Its like how many people say Jeter is the best wheras tons of people know he is extremely overrated. These lakerboy nuthuggers are like those crazy Derek Jeter fans who keep saying he's captain clutch and jeter would have had it. Just like if lakerboy lost a play due to a late touchdown or the other team hitting a game winning rbi. You would hear his nuthuggers saying if they weren't unlucky Lakerboy WOULD HAVE WON. Just like how a ball goes past a diving Jeter! The announcers go... Jeter would have made the play.
Well I have to admit, Lakerboy is pretty clever at one thing. He is very clever to the average sbr member on this board in the way he posts. Having a ton of views in his threads surely gets him attention. So when all his plays are pretty much fade the public and taking ugly underdogs its no coincidence he will garner attention when he picks a really bad team to win straight up. I mean, is it a coincidence that the poster No Coincidences is his biggest fan? I mean, look at lakerboy's thread titles with his plays. If its about a specific game, it will be an underdog a huge percent of the time and its an underdog no one would want to touch. Couple that with mentioning the ML like St. Louis Rams +10 and +340 ML and when it hits, he will want everyone to say wow lakerboy how did you take that team. You're the man! But of course the other 4-5 times that ugly underdog loses, theres no harm at all for lakerboy. He knows the underdog isn't suppose to win so and he knows people understand this so its a win-win situation for him. He knows the only comments that will come out of it when the dog loses is don't worry lakerboy they are suppose to lose.
The thing is that most sbr posters are nuthuggers and can't really look behind the words. Why do you think Lakerboy never takes a public favorite and makes a thread about it? If he takes say Yankees -150 or Patriots -10, that would only be a lose-lose situation for him. Because if the yankees or Patriots win, that isn't going to get him the same attention as if he takes Orioles +180 or Rams +10 and +340 on the ML. Haven't you noticed he always posts the ML as well ? That's basically an attention grabber.
People who seen lakerboy posts and can read between the lines can pretty much figure his motive by posting ugly underdogs and fading the public just to garner attention. I mean, anyone can say, I think Orioles +180 or Rams +10 is a good play. Why? Eventually an underdog will hit. So people will forget about those 3-4 ugly dogs he took that got blown out by wiil remember the 10 point dog who not only covered but won SU.