And I'm not disagreeing that they'd have had a chance with Parsons during that 0-5 stretch. Certainly a better chance than without him.

But unless I've massively misinterpreted something along the way here, you seem to be arguing that going forward - into 2026 - that they will have no chance to win any games until Parsons gets back. To that, I say BS!!! - because of the fact that during that 0-5 stretch, they were missing a lot more than just Parsons, and going into 2026, most (all?) of those missing guys will be back.

There will probably be some ugliness, but they will be OK-ish enough until he gets back.