Suns’ Nash can’t carry this tune

In “Promiscuous,” a song from her 2006 album, “Loose,” Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado asks the musical question, “Is that truth, or are you talking trash?/Is your game MVP like Steve Nash?”

Nash, the Canadian-born two-time NBA most valuable player, told Playboy that he is a fan not only of Furtado, who grew up in the same Victoria neighborhood where Nash grew up, but also of the chart-topping single.

“It’s not on my iPod, though,” noted the Phoenix Suns point guard. “I’m too worried one of my friends will see it there and say, ‘Oh, who loves himself?’ But if ‘Promiscuous’ comes on the radio, I won’t change the station.”

Trivia time

Who were the two point guards taken ahead of Nash in the 1996 NBA draft?

Busted for

low riding

Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, after cornerback Cedric Griffin of the Minnesota Vikings was accused by police of disorderly conduct at a Minnesota nightclub because of a run-in with bouncers in which Griffin objected to a club rule against excessively sagging pants: “Wish I could have been there when Griffin’s cellmate asked, ‘So, what are you in for?’ ”

One step at a time

Greg Billingham, who set off with about 36,000 other runners in the London Marathon on Sunday, is tackling the 26.2-mile course in slow motion – the builder “runs” one step every five or six seconds, hoping to finish this weekend.

His boss, Steve Woodfinden-Lewis, told Avanova.com: “Greg is a character and it’s characters that make the world – we like characters. We do miss him and it has slowed down quite a bit without him being here.”

If we thought he knew anything, we’d be insulted

Coach Scott Skiles of the Chicago Bulls, after reporters told him he was being mentioned in the same breath as Miami Heat Coach Pat Riley: “If I thought you guys knew anything, I’d be flattered.”

Mind over matter

People magazine’s “100 most beautiful” list is short on athletes this year, but photogenic women’s basketball player Candace Parker made the cut.

“But I don’t really worry about how I look when I am playing,” said the 6-foot-4 sophomore, who this month led Tennessee to its seventh NCAA title. “You’re thinking about winning, and winning is a beautiful thing!”

Some hair-brained analysis

Jim Armstrong of the Denver Post: “In case you missed the news release, the NFL draft is this weekend, the culmination of several months of preparation by scouts, general managers and Mel Kiper Jr.’s hairstylist.”

Trivia answer

Allen Iverson, who was the top overall pick, and Stephon Marbury, who was the fourth pick. Nash, who played at Santa Clara, was the 15th pick.

And finally

David Letterman, marking the 52nd anniversary of Albert Einstein’s death by noting that scientists kept his brain inside a portable beer cooler: “Which, I believe, is the closest Einstein ever got to attending a NASCAR race.”

 jerome.crowe@latimes.com