Start Lublin

Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin
Leagues	PLK ENBL
Founded	1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Arena	Globus
Capacity	5,000
Location	Lublin, Poland
President	Arkadiusz Pelczar
Head coach	Wojciech Kamiński
Team captain	Filip Put
Website	www.startlublin.pl
Home Away Third

Start Lublin, officially Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin for sponsporship reasons, is a Polish basketball club based in Lublin. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since 2014.^[1] Its home arena is the Globus, which has places for 5,000 people. The basketball team is a part of MKS Start Lublin, which also holds chess and athletics sections.

MKS Start Lublin was founded in 1953, along with the basketball team. After seven years of existence, Start promoted to the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the national highest league. In the 1964–65 season, Start captured its first bronze medal. In 1978, Start was the first Polish club to sign an African-American played in Kent Washington. Washington was named PLK Most Valuable Player in 1980.

In the 2002–03 season, Start returned to the PLK after winning the First Division. After two years, the team relegated once again.

In the summer of 2014, Start Lublin received a wild card from the PLK because of the expansion from 12 to 16 teams.

Lublin had its most successful season in the 2019–20 PLK season, which was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the season was ended, the team was in second place with a 17–5 record. As such, it qualified for a European competition for the first time in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League.^[2]

Polish Basketball League

• Runners-up (1): 2019–20
• Bronze medal (3): 1964–65, 1978–79, 1979–80

Polish Basketball Cup

• Runners-up (2): 2022, 2023

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known by several names:

Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. SF 0 Krasuski, Michał 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2000-05-21)21 May 2000 PG 3 Ramey, Courtney 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-10-02)2 October 1999 C 6 De Lattibeaudiere, Tyran 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – (1991-01-25)25 January 1991 G 7 Pelczar, Bartłomiej 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (2000-02-05)5 February 2000 SG 8 Kępka, Wiktor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2003-04-05)5 April 2003 G/F 9 Karolak, Jakub 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1993-09-26)26 September 1993 SF 15 Williams, C. J. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 34 – (1990-02-06)6 February 1990 C 19 Szymański, Roman 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 33 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 PG 20 Lecomte, Manu 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 29 – (1995-08-16)16 August 1995 PF 21 Put, Filip (C) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-04-08)8 April 1993 C 23 Drame, Ousmane 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1993-12-15)15 December 1993	Head coach Wojciech Kamiński Assistant coach(es) Michał Sikora Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 7, 2024

PLK Most Valuable Player

• Kent Washington – 1980

• Brynton Lemar, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Chavaughn Lewis (born 1993), basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Devonte Upson (born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Kent Washington (born 1956), basketball player

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