When you have a player the superstar quality of Kobe Bryant, your team tends to have quite a few national TV games scheduled during the season. Networks know fans across the country want to see Kobe play, even if you are not a Lakers fan. But what happens when the superstar can’t play due to injury and the team is hard to watch without him? Well basically those same networks start replacing Lakers games with other more intriguing matchups instead. Hit the jump for more.