Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: His rookie year in the NBA was the subject of a documentary film , The Year of the Yao , and he co-wrote , along with NBA analyst Ric Bucher , an autobiography titled Yao : A Life in Two Worlds .
Simplified: His rookie year in the NBA was the subject of a documentary film , The Year of the Yao , and he recently wrote an autobiography titled Yao : A Life in Two Worlds .