Put this one on the Mount Rushmore of Freudians:

“Now he kicks, he kisses off the show, with calling me the ‘NovaCare worm.'”  

Fantastic! Not only does The King have kissing on the mind, again, but he corrects himself to the wrong saying. Normally with parapraxis you say the wrong thing first, then correct yourself second, but Howard did it backwards. He said the right thing first, then the wrong thing second. What a dope!

As you know, Howard is currently suspended from Citizens Bank Park and the Sixers practice facility for making an unwanted advance on a female Aramark employee. The Eagles and Flyers did not punish The King, who probably has not been to an ice hockey game since Kim Johnsson and Eric Weinrich were patrolling the blue line at the First Union Center. It will be interesting to see whether or not the Sixers extend their ban to home games in South Philadelphia, or whether he will be given the all clear to return to work. And by “return to work” I mean he shows up for pregame, asks the first question, takes selfies with fans, then drives home after tip off.