How New Orleans Pelicans 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 New Orleans Hornets The team relocates from Charlotte to Louisiana
Made the playoffs in the first New Orleans season Baron Davis leads the relocated team to the postseason
Reached the playoffs for a second straight year Baron Davis carries the team back to the postseason
Drafted Chris Paul as Katrina forces a move A hurricane sends the team to Oklahoma City temporarily
Chris Paul wins Rookie of the Year The point guard earns the honor in his debut season
The team returns to New Orleans full-time Play resumes at home after two years in Oklahoma City
Won a franchise-record 56 games Chris Paul leads a run to the Western Conference semifinals
Returned to the playoffs behind Chris Paul A 49-win season keeps the CP3 core in the postseason
The NBA takes over ownership of the Hornets The league buys the team amid financial trouble
Traded Chris Paul to the Clippers A move to L.A. follows a famously vetoed deal
Tom Benson buys the team and drafts Anthony Davis The Saints owner takes over as the No. 1 pick arrives
Team renamed the New Orleans Pelicans The franchise adopts a new identity for the state bird
Anthony Davis makes his first All-Star team The young star earns his first exhibition nod
Anthony Davis leads the team back to the playoffs The star carries New Orleans to the postseason
Traded for DeMarcus Cousins Paired a second All-Star big man with Anthony Davis
Swept the Trail Blazers in the first round Davis and Rondo win a playoff series
Traded Anthony Davis and drafted Zion Williamson A trade request ends with the Duke phenom as the No. 1 pick
Zion Williamson makes his NBA debut The rookie returns from injury to a national spotlight
Zion Williamson named an All-Star starter The young forward earns a starting nod in the exhibition
Traded for CJ McCollum and reached the playoffs A midseason move fuels a play-in run to the postseason
Zion Williamson named an All-Star again The forward earns another exhibition selection
Won a play-in game to reach the postseason The Pelicans secure a playoff berth in a tight finish