Kareem Abdul-Jabar Stars in Ad for New Smashing Pumpkins Album

Basketball Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabar has filmed a commercial promoting the upcoming new album from Smashing Pumpkins, Oceania.

Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.

In this next video, Corgan explains how the commercial came together.

Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.