Let's not forget how important Tristan was vs Golden State before Durant went there. TT was huge vs them in 2015, which is probably why he held out and got that deal. He's making less than Bismack Biyambo. It's just now, after Durant changed the face of the NBA by adding a 4th Allstar (and becoming their best player) where you need a two way player from all positions vs Golden State. I'm pretty confident if they just had Barnes, we would be facing a different team in the finals.
JR outside of Kyrie and LeBron, was the only guy who could score in the second half of game 7. He definitely deserved more than Shump, which he got. I just wish we didn't waste money on Shump and let him walk while keeping Delly (who wasn't great against Golden State but made TT useful on offense).
To be honest, a lot of this lies on Griffin making the wrong decisions for the team, not signing a point guard to keep Kyrie fresh, not even having a backup center for the team, ect. We had minimal resources but there were still players available who could have temporarily helped. That and Lue fucking up minutes played. Tristan was run into the ground by the end of the season. Some restructuring needs to be done.