A former LSU standout and NBA player is returning to Baton Rouge as the newest hire to join coach Matt McMahon's LSU men’s basketball program. Marcus Thornton attacks the basket for two of his 19 ...

BATON ROUGE – Former LSU SEC Player of the Year Marcus Thornton has joined the LSU Basketball program’s support staff for the 2025-26 season. Thornton will serve in an off-court role in mentoring ...

Little Debbie Honey Buns were an essential food at Ruth Moore’s house, at least for Marcus Thornton. Before the Baton Rouge native became a basketball star at LSU and played eight years in the NBA, he ...

PHOENIX -- The Houston Rockets traded power forward Donatas Motiejunas and small forward Marcus Thornton to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for a protected 2016 first-round pick and Joel Anthonyon ...

The Houston Rockets have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, star forward Paul Pierce had to be carried off the court and placed in a wheelchair after having smashed his knee into teammate Kendrick Perkins late in the ...

A former LSU standout and NBA player is returning to Baton Rouge as the newest hire to join coach Matt McMahon's LSU men’s basketball program. Marcus Thornton, who was the 2009 Southeastern Conference ...