Gerald Green's agent is maintaining that he will only workout for the Blazers in a private setting, much to the displeasure of John Nash.

"I'm frustrated today because it seems like a number of players at the top are unwilling to showcase themselves, saying they don't want to work out one-on-one or two-on-two," Nash said. "But that makes it hard for me, because if they don't want to compete for the third pick in the draft, then it's hard for me to envision them competing 82 times a season."

Nash said he views Green's demand for a solo workout as a "sign of weakness and a lack of confidence."

"I asked his agent (Andrew Vye) what the downside was, and he said he could get fired," said Nash, who has a one-year contract. "And I told him that a year from now the same thing could happen to me if I make the wrong pick here.

"I mean, I'm 58 years old and I can make a jump shot by myself, unguarded in a gym," Nash said. "The real difficulty we are dealing with, particularly with a high school kid, is judging his defensive prowess. You can't judge that from tape. So I told the agent that there is no need for him to com