Conversation so far:
What has Abdul-Jabbar written?
His first book, his autobiography Giant Steps, was written in 1983 with co-author Peter Knobler.
Has there been others?
On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance, co-written with Raymond Obstfeld, and Brothers in Arms.
Did he do other things besides write?
In 2007, Abdul-Jabbar participated in the national UCLA alumni commercial entitled "My Big UCLA Moment".
The UCLA commercial is featured on YouTube.

Question: What else is interesting about his writing?
Self-contained rewrite: Besides the UCLA commercial, what else is interesting about  Abdul-Jabbar's writing?