So that we can see T-Mac play! No love for T-Mac at all. When Magic came back, they showed almost all his games even though he was only playing a few minutes off the bench. Not saying T-Mac = Magic but show him a little love people...Spike Lee would be mad...
I think you've answered your own question. Tracy McGrady is not Magic Johnson, so he's not going to inspire as many changes to the national TV schedule. The Lakers were also a playoff team before Magic's comeback in the 1996 season, so there would've been a healthy number of Laker games on national TV that year anyway.