Does he like me? he acts like itbut i cant tell if hes being nice, or wants to go out?

ok, so we always play bball and my mom always sees us together he tickles me all the time, hugs me billions of times a day, puts his arm around me, flirts, if i ask him who he likes he will come up with another random name and then say a week l8r that he nvr meant he liked them. all my friends say we should go out and he says funny things a lot. he has me sit on his lap sometimes too....