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The Monday Night E Graders (MNEG) is a fantasy basketball competition formed in Victoria, Australia. The competition was founded in Docklands as an amateur competition with its inaugural season commencing in November 2006 where 12 fantasy coaches participated in an online fantasy draft using nba.com/fantasy as its fantasy league website. The competition turned professional in October 2009, with a live offline draft using cbssports.com as its fantasy league website and $500 prize money for the competition winner. The first live offline draft was held at The Nixon Hotel in Docklands with 11 coaches present at the draft room from Victoria and one coach from Sydney via audio link. The league is currently composed of 12 fantasy coaches and to date, four coaches from the inaugural season remain in the competition and a total of 18 coaches have participated in the competition. Current prize money for the competition is $600. The competition is a head to head weekly match up league and has evolved over the years utilising different draft methods such as snake draft and auction draft.

2006-2008
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2009 - present
* No Grand Final due to COVID-19. Winner determined by first place in Regular Season Standings.

The Amateur Years (2006-2008)
The competition was founded by the Juggernauts in Docklands during November 2006. The competition used nba.com/fantasy as its fantasy league website for 2006 and 2007, utilising a head to head total score weekly matchup format. In 2008, it moved to espn.com using a weekly head to head seven category format. All drafts were snake draft and the total coaches in the competition ranged from 10 to 12 each season.

The Professional Years (2009-present)
In 2008, the Juggernauts decided to make the competition professional by organising a live offline draft where all coaches were present for the first time in history, and there was a $500 prize for the champion. This was the first time all coaches met each other, and the draft also created a different dynamic with it being completely offline. The draft was a snake format, utilising a head to head weekly matchup however for the first time in history it used average per game per position which is a scoring format the league has maintained to present day.

SKD - How many rings you got? (2010)
In the quest to be crowned the first championship winner of the current league, Shawn Kemp Dealers (SKD) was formidable. He only lost one game all season by half a point, and cruised his way to be crowned champion of the league, he defeated J City Rollers who had found a rhythm towards the pointy end of the season however a suspension due to handgun violation brought towards Gilbert Arenas proved costly for his changes to win the championship. David Lee was names MNEG Finals MVP. Since his win, SKD has won four wooden spoons, however it also born a catch phrase "how many rings you got?".

Ambition Fulfilled (2011)
2010 was a great year to evolve the competition, however there were three coaches who struggled with the fantasy basketball concept, which saw two coaches (Laimbeer's Bad Boys and The Dikembe's retire, while Visy All-Starzzzz showed courage to stay in the competition. The league welcomes its first new replacement coaches, Randy Watsons All Stars and The Eddy Curry Doughnuts.

Bald Ambition to this stage had hit luck two years in a row with a top 2 draft pick. One of the more tame and silent coaches in history, in both season's he landed LeBron James whose game translates so well in fantasy statistics. It also helped that the Juggernauts passed on LeBron James for Kevin Durant at pick number one who did not live up to the expectations of many fantasy projections as many pundits had predicted a LeBron James fall off after his decision. Bald Ambition won his first title defeating Dark Passengers and it would also be his last as he decided to retire from the league in 2016. LeBron James was named MNEG Finals MVP.

CDAS the original Underdog story (2012)
The season favourite was Dark Passengers after a heart-breaking loss to Bald Ambition, he was cruising through the season, however Chuck Daly's All Stars (CDAS) made a remarkable turn towards the pointy end of the season and pipped the Dark Passengers for the first underdog win in MNEG history. Pau Gasol was named Finals MVP.

Randy nails it (2013)
Randy Watsons All Stars had an incredible draft nailing almost every pick. He was able to cleverly upgrade via trades and took the league by storm after a poor 2012 campaign. He also became the first coach to bring his own laptop to a offline draft.

Dammiez wins the two horse race (2014)
Randy almost nailed every pick, however in this draft two coaches nailed every single pick. Dammiez and Visy All Starzzzz (Visy) dominated the draft board and also the season. Visy was the clear favourite averaging 306 fantasy points every matchup and also setting the then high score of 364. However Dammiez was not far behind and in a goliath vs goliath battle, Dammiez came out on top for his first championship. LeBron James was named MNEG Finals MVP for a second time.

Dynasty Randy (2015)
Randy Watsons All Stars believed he had a bad draft, he was disappointed. There is a story that Juggernauts drove Randy Watson All-Stars and Dammiez home from the draft and on their way they went to McDonalds where Randy Watsons All Stars declared "my team sucks, it is so bad". Since that moment he had been working overtime to trade his way into a better position and he was able to face off Chuck Daly's All Stars for the first Dynasty battle as both teams had already won a MNEG championship. Randy got over the line and Pau Gasol was named MNEG Finals MVP for a second time.