The Sacramento Kings have launched what is believed to be the NBA's first crowdsourcing program to help make a draft pick.

The Kings will seek analysis on players from the public and eventually select two people to be in their draft room on June 26. Essentially, the team is looking for amateurs to offer analytical advice for free, and in return they will be granted access.

Kings general manager Pete D'Alessandro says the team will seek help from the public for June's draft. Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports

General manager Pete D'Alessandro announced the program, what the team calls Draft 3.0, as part of a Reddit Ask Me Anything chat Friday. The team has launched a website where would-be analysts will be asked to rank draft prospects as well as offer their methodologies. Contestants can use information from publicly available statistical databases to create their systems.

"This may not get us all the answers, but it may help us think of the right questions to ask," D'Alessandro told ESPN.com. "We're still going to be using traditional draft methods, traditional scouting and our own analytics. We're looking to combine all the creative things as we look for a way to bring the answer in."

There is no promise of a long-term job with the Kings to the winner or winners of the program; rather, it is clearly an effort by team owner Vivek Ranadive and D'Alessandro to find potentially unknown or untapped talent in the increasingly competitive field of basketball analytics.