The Mavs’ youth movement has continued today, as the club announced the signing of 25-year-old Quincy Acy, a power forward who has previously played for Toronto, New York, and Sacramento.

Acy will turn 26 years old before opening night. During most seasons in recent franchise history, Acy would be one of the youngest Mavericks. But this season, he will find himself right in the middle of the age distribution.

Joining Justin Anderson (22), Harrison Barnes (24), Seth Curry (25), and Dwight Powell (who turned 25 on July 20) to name a few in the Mavs’ rotation, the Baylor alum and Mesquite native will find himself right at home — not only geographically, but also in terms of fitting into the Mavs’ new organizational philosophy of getting younger, more athletic, and more versatile at every position.

The organization also places a great deal of importance on developing chemistry on and off the floor. Relationships matter for this team, and the players last season constantly cited chemistry as a source of strength and stability for a team whose top players seemingly battled nagging or significant injuries nearly all season long.

They’re off to a head start this season in the chemistry department, however. Acy and Curry played together in Sacramento last season, and Curry celebrated news of the Acy signing on Twitter.

To which Acy replied:

Acy and Curry have played together, and Curry has also played with Barnes and Andrew Bogut in training camp while they were with the Warriors. Barnes and Bogut, of course, spent years together in Golden State. This team has a lot of new pieces, but they are already tight-knit.

Prior to last season, Acy was known as a physical power forward who isn’t afraid to mix it up in the paint to pursue rebounds on both the offensive and defensive end. Last season, however, he expanded his range to the 3-point line, connecting on 38.8 percent from deep, albeit on only 49 attempts. Still, that’s a hugely positive number for a 4 in today’s NBA, and it’s an indication that Acy has the potential to develop into a player who can not only gobble up rebounds and defend guys larger than him — Acy stands just 6-foot-7 — but he can also sit on the 3-point line on offense. That’s a rare combination to find in a 4-man.

The Mavericks have had recent success when it comes to developing players’ outside shot, most notably with Al-Farouq Aminu in the 2014-15 season. While not built similarly to the wiry Aminu, Acy does fit that basic profile: He’s a physical and willing defender with rising offensive potential. Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle embraces the challenge of bringing the best out of that kind of player, and Acy certainly qualifies. Until last season, he’d connected on only 29.9 percent of his 3-point attempts. Clearly he has the work ethic to develop that shot, and there’s no question the Mavericks have the intention to tap into that ability.

The Acy signing essentially fills out the Mavs’ frontcourt. He’ll join Dirk Nowitzki, Bogut, Salah Mejri, and Powell as the first five big men, and the Mavericks also signed rookies A.J. Hammons and 4-man Dorian Finney-Smith off the Las Vegas Summer League squad, although the latter isn’t guaranteed a spot on the final roster. Barnes, too, is capable of playing power forward, and Anderson even played the position a bit in Las Vegas, although that was more of an in-game, matchup-based decision than anything. At any rate, the Mavs’ frontcourt is just about full, so now the roster picture is growing quite a bit clearer — and much, much younger.

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