Draymond Green: Don't blame players, blame their 's— franchises'

FILE - Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green is fouled by Phoenix Suns' Marquese Chriss in 1st quarter during NBA game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, December 3, 2016. FILE - Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green is fouled by Phoenix Suns' Marquese Chriss in 1st quarter during NBA game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, December 3, 2016. Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Buy photo Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Image 1 of / 33 Caption Close Draymond Green: Don't blame players, blame their 's— franchises' 1 / 33 Back to Gallery

Draymond Green's defense of new Warriors forward Marquese Chriss turned into a scathing criticism of the Phoenix Suns organization Wednesday night.

After the Warriors' loss to the Lakers, Green addressed the media on a variety of topics, going deep on his discussion of Chriss's career so far.

"I don’t think there was ever a doubt he was a legit NBA player,” Green said. “I think he’s been in some pretty tough situations. No one ever blames the situation, it’s always the kid. Nobody ever blames these s—ty franchises. It’s not always the kid’s fault. He’s getting older now so he’s not a kid anymore. But he came into the league as a kid."

"Let’s be frank about it. When he was there, the organization was terrible," he added. "Everything was going wrong. But he get blamed, like he’s the problem. When he left, ain’t nothing go right. That’s my take on it."

Draymond Green on Marquese Chriss: “No one ever blames the situation, they blame the kid. No one ever blames these shitty franchises...No Phoenix writer is going to bash the Suns, but let’s be frank, when he was there, the organization was terrible.” pic.twitter.com/vw3t4NKxwY — Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) October 17, 2019

Chriss, who is now 22, was drafted eighth overall by the Kings and immediately traded to the Suns in 2016. His career has been inconsistent, and in 2018 he was traded to the Houston Rockets. Shortly afterward, Suns general manager Ryan McDonough was fired.

Chriss played just 16 games for Houston before being traded again to the Cavaliers in February.

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At the end of last month, the Warriors signed him as a free agent. He has a career average of 7.6 points per game.

Green also challenged the media, arguing because they're "friends with" NBA front office employees, they'd rather point the finger at players.

“You want all the access from them. So, the way you guys will come out and bash players, y’all don’t do that to organizations because it’s all about access and protecting your future," he said. "No one really protects these younger guys’ futures. Because it’s all about ‘what can I do for myself.’

"So, no one talks about the organizations. It’s always just the player, the player, the player. Because they can’t do s— about it but be young. And their name carries no weight, and then (they’ll) be out of the league and onto the next thing."

The Warriors begin the regular season on Oct. 24 against the Clippers at Chase Center.

Katie Dowd is an SFGATE Senior Digital Manager. Email: katie.dowd@sfgate.com | Twitter: @katiedowd