 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1951, Cohen akabatana neNBA somutungamiriri wezvokuzivisa weligi. Akabatana naMutungamiri weNBA Maurice Podoloff, achiumba hofisi yevarume vaviri. Panguva iyoyo, nyika yebasketball yakanga ichangobva kushamiswa nenyaya yokunyengedzwa kwevadzidzi vepakoreji. Cohen akauya nepfungwa yekugamuchira All-Star Game inoratidzira mutambi akanakisa weligi, akafanana neMajor League Baseballs All-Star Game. Aidavira kuti kuratidzira kwakadaro kwaizodzorera fariro yavateveri mubasketball. Podoloff nevazhinji vevaridzi vezvikwata vakanga vasina tariro yokuti pfungwa yacho yaizova yakaipa uye yaizosvibisa mufananidzo weligi. Zvisinei, muridzi weBoston Celtics akaramba achivimba nepfungwa yaCohen. Akati aizotambira mutambo wacho uye aizobhadhara zvose zvaizoshandiswa kana kuti zvaizorasikirwa pamutambo wacho. Mutambo Wokutanga weNBA All-Starrakaitwa musi waMarch 2, 1951 paBoston Garden. Mutambo wacho wakabudirira, uchikwezva boka revanhu 10 094, rakakwirira zvikuru kupfuura avhareji yevashanyi vomwaka iwoyo ye 3 500. Kubvira ipapo, Mutambo Wenyeredzi Dzose wakava tsika yegore negore yepakati pemwaka muNBA. 