Kareem is a very intelligent guy. I was hoping for a little more introspection, but that's just not his way.
Most autobiographies devote a few chapters to growing up and the rest to the professional career.
Kareem spends a lot of detail on his entire life, from growing up, to playing in high school, hanging out with Wilt Chamberlain, and on through his UCLA days. He also tells many other things, such as his views on racism, his refusal to play in the 1968 Olympics, the fire to his house, and his love of jazz, just to name a few things. A couple of points. I think he tries to hard to rationalize Kermit Washington's brutal sucker punch of Rudy Tomjanovich. If you read it, you should read Rudy's account , and then you will have a lot different perspective.