In a move that is so crazy it just might work, except it totally won’t work, new Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé pitched an idea where the team would only defend with four players, leaving one man to be a cherry-picker on offense.

The tidbit came from Grantland’s Zach Lowe:

Owner Vivek Ranadivé has pitched the idea to the team’s brain trust of playing 4-on-5 defense and leaving one player to cherry-pick, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The Kings aren’t actually going to do that, but their D-League might, and it shows Ranadivé is committed to pushing boundaries in his search for an offbeat brand of “position-less” ball.

The idea is beautifully daft, the sort of thing a middle school coach would try because why not they’re 11 years old. The execution would be interesting, too, if only to see how the other team reacted–any NBA offense could carve up a four-man zone, but how would the other team deal with the guy hanging out underneath the other basket? Would they leave a guy back near halfcourt to intercept the full-court outlet pass?

Yes. That’s exactly what they’d do. It would not be very difficult to defend, and the Kings would lose every game. This is madness.

(Thanks to Deadspin for sharing.)