After quitting the team, he turned down a $35,000 a year offer from the Philadelphia Warriors that would have made him the second-highest paid player in the NBA to found his own barnstorming team, the Harlem Magicians, after finding out that Saperstein was a part-owner of the Warriors.
After quitting the team, he turned down a lucrative offer from the Philadelphia Warriors and instead chose to form his own barnstorming team, the Harlem Magicians, after learning that Saperstein, a co-owner of the Warriors, had been involved in the deal.