Triple-double feature

UConn’s Beverly produces film on Westbrook

In an attempt to figure out his place in the world since becoming a national champion and college graduate at UConn in 2011, Donnell Beverly has taken all sorts of jobs and considered various careers in the Los Angeles area.

He was involved in real estate for a stretch. He sold printers. He dabbled in advertising. He gave marketing a run. He worked at a boutique wealth management firm. He was even, at one point, intent on becoming a big-rig truck driver like his dad, Donnell Beverly Sr.

“I was in the middle of a course, learning, and I was thinking, ‘How the hell did I end up here?’ ” he said Friday. “I was like ‘No, this isn’t for me.’ ”

Beverly, a senior captain on that magical Huskies team that rolled through Manhattan and celebrated under confetti in Houston, has a set of transferable skills that one of his closest friends identified and now leans on to spearhead many pursuits.

Beverly and Russell Westbrook, the enigmatic 13-year NBA veteran and king of the tripledouble, were teammates at Leuzinger High in Lawndale, California, and have been like family since. Beverly has been in Westbrook’s high-profile circle for years, and in late 2017, Westbrook hired him to join Russell Westbrook Enterprises.

Today, Beverly is president of the organization, essentially run

Katelyn Mulcahy / Getty Images Russell Westbrook of the Lakers poses for a picture with his new jersey during a press conference at Staples Center on August 10 in Los Angeles.