The NBA season officially, finally starts on October 16th. While I'm not totally sure what all is going to go down this season, I am confident that these aren't great, super fun ways to start your season...

Confidence Picks presented by Quicken Loans

• Deciding whether or not you're committed to your new squad, that is also in Canada -- Kawhi Leonard
• Figuring out how to split minutes between Lonzo Ball and Rajon Rondo -- Luke Walton
• Demanding a trade from the team you are currently playing for, the Minnesota Timberwovles -- Jimmy Butler
• Going under the knife for "minor" arthroscopic surgery on your left knee -- Russell Westbrook
• Still trying to find your shot in this leaked footage -- Markelle Fultz

.@MarkelleF on the jump shot everyone is talking about.

Full video: https://t.co/ernhVIOxR1 pic.twitter.com/yfOubR4LLP

— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) September 20, 2018

• Strongly considering leaving basketball so you can join the Los Angeles Rams -- Kevin Durant
• Signing a jersey sponsorship with BioFreeze, I mean you're basically telling all of your opponents that you are sore -- Portland Trailblazers
• Being the -- New York Knicks
• And forgetting the regulation size of NBA basketballs -- Anthony Davis

Here's to anxiously waiting for the start of the NBA season, now only a few weeks away.