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With Marquez off to Gresini Ducati next season, Honda is in the midst of securing a replacement for its factory squad. Five-time MotoGP race winner Miguel Oliveira was its first choice, but HRC's apparent unwillingness to sign a rider for longer than one year closed this door. This placed Fabio di Giannantonio – who will be replaced by Marquez at Gresini – as favourite, though rumours have since emerged prior to the Malaysian Grand Prix that Moto2 frontrunner Fermin Aldeguer is also in the frame. When asked by Motorsport.com what Honda should do in terms of his replacement, he replied: "It depends on the strategy they want to have. "I will not go in on those plans, because I respect them. "Of course, they try to do the best for the project right now and the best for the project is to invest all the money into the bike. "That is what I believe, because there's no sense to have a bike that is not performing at the moment i...

Kyrie Irving does a lot of things that don't make sense. This trade request is not one of them. The eight-time All-Star wants a long-term contract approaching his maximum salary. Bleacher Report's Chris Haynes reported that Irving's trade push comes on the heels of the Nets failing to offer him a suitable extension. The Athletic's Shams Charania reported that Irving has informed Brooklyn he plans to leave in free agency if he is not traded before next Thursday's deadline. It's worth asking, though, if Irving can even find the max offer he seemingly covets as an unrestricted free agent. The Lakers, his long-rumored preferred destination, can only create around $34 million in cap space. That's plenty, but it's far off of the roughly $47 million a 10-year veteran like Irving will be able to demand under next year's projected $134 million cap. Beyond Los Angeles, six teams are proj...