Aaron Gray is happy to have been traded to the Hornets, saying that the Bulls never gave him a chance to produce.

Chicago dealt Gray to New Orleans in exchange for Devin Brown.

"Definitely better," the center said. "I definitely feel like I'm gonna have an opportunity. I'm gonna have to work and earn those minutes, but I feel like I'm fighting for something here.

"Over there [with the Bulls], there was just no opportunity no matter what. They showed me that in the Houston game."

Gray began the season on the inactive list after suffering a stress fracture in his lower left leg.

"I'm still battling with my conditioning and getting back to 100 percent," he said. "But in the last few weeks I've actually felt great and, hopefully, now it'll benefit the Hornets and not the Bulls."