Exactly, the process was simply the aging process all along, like it is for everyone.

Theres so many “this is a microcosm of the entire era” moments it makes my head spin. Ill only name a few here but i promise you guys out of the know theres about 50 of them about as comically cruel as these.

1.) Fultz misses nearly his entire rookie season with no communication whatsoever other than its his shooting shoulder and that everyone knows it is weird. His first game back after 50-60 games everyone is super hyped obviously and he immediately breaks Embiids face with the very same adamantium shoulder. This is the first of three orbital fractures for Embiid. In the history of the NBA (as we know it today) there are ~50 total orbital fractures for everyone combined. This means Embiid has ~17% 6% of all facial fractures in NBA history.

2.) Embiid gets revenge on the Raptors and punctuates a game 6 win with a dunk and a half hearted airplane to put the series to bed. The next inbound and about 5 seconds later his 2nd facial fracture occurs with a very dangerous drive to the hoop by Siakam. He only misses 2 games in the next round but it ended our season despite his miraculous comeback to help tie it back to 2-2 after losing the first 2 without him. Result, The national broadcast calls him a playoff dropper and a moper in his feels for not winning MVP instead of celebrating his gutsy ass performance 6 days later where he couldnt look at his phone due to concussion symptoms. You could visibly see the excruciating pain for any type of light face touching.

3.) The self oop vs the Knicks in the playoffs, a career highlight that you can’t put on his career highlight reel because he immediately tweaks his surgically repaired knee and goes down in excruciating pain. This is the only playoff run outside of the bubble where he did not miss a game. Oh yea he had bells palsy too.

tldr - something great and amazing happens and then the most unfair/unlucky/cruel thing happens within 5 seconds. The cosmos has conspired against us