How Memphis Grizzlies Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

22 of the 22 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Franchise debuts as the Vancouver Grizzlies The NBA expands into Canada and drafts Bryant Reeves
Drafted Shareef Abdur-Rahim third overall Took the Cal forward high in the lottery
Drafted Antonio Daniels fourth overall Selected the Bowling Green guard in the lottery
Drafted Mike Bibby second overall Took the Arizona point guard high in the draft
Drafted Steve Francis, who refused to play The guard rejects Vancouver and is traded to Houston
Team relocates to Memphis and lands Pau Gasol The Grizzlies move to Tennessee with a new cornerstone
Pau Gasol wins Rookie of the Year as West arrives Jerry West takes over the front office in the first Memphis season
First playoff trip as FedExForum opens Hubie Brown's 50-win team christens the new downtown arena
Returned to the playoffs The team earns a second straight postseason berth
Drafted Mike Conley Selected the Ohio State point guard in the lottery
Traded Pau Gasol as Marc Gasol arrives A blockbuster reshapes the frontcourt around Pau's brother
Traded for Zach Randolph Acquired the power forward who anchored 'Grit and Grind'
Upset the top-seeded Spurs The 8-seed wins the franchise's first playoff series
Reached the Western Conference Finals Marc Gasol wins Defensive Player of the Year on a deep run
Pushed the Thunder to seven games A grinding first-round series goes the distance
Won 55 games and reached the conference semifinals The Grit and Grind core peaks in the standings
Made the playoffs for a seventh straight season The Grit and Grind streak reaches its final year
Drafted Jaren Jackson Jr. Selected the Michigan State big man in the lottery
Drafted Ja Morant as Mike Conley is traded A new era begins as the longtime point guard departs
Ja Morant named Rookie of the Year The dynamic guard wins the award
Zach Randolph's number retired Memphis honors the Grit and Grind icon
Ja Morant named Most Improved on a 56-win team The guard leads a franchise-record season and earns the honor