Quincy Acy

Quincy Jyrome Acy (born October 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball for the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for Baylor University.

High school career

In his senior year of high school, Quincy averaged 17.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.

Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Acy was listed as the No. 25 power forward and the No. 84 player in the nation in 2008.^[1]

College career

Quincy Acy defending Royce White, March 3, 2012

Freshman season

As a freshman at Baylor University, Quincy averaged 5.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. Quincy set Baylor and Big 12 records with 20 consecutive field goals made to start a career from November 15 to 24, 2008. He was named Big 12 Co-Rookie of the Week on November 24. Following the season, Quincy was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman team.^[2]

Sophomore season

In his sophomore season, Quincy averaged 9.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game as Baylor's 6th man. He was also named to the Big 12 All-Reserve team.^[2]

Junior season

In his junior season, Quincy averaged 12.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. In the first round of the Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Quincy recorded a team-high 21 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in a loss to Oklahoma. Following the season, Quincy was named the Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year and All Big-12 honorable mention.^[2]

Senior season

In his senior season at Baylor, Quincy averaged 12.0 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. Following the season, he was named to the All Big-12 second team by Big 12 coaches as well as the Big 12 All-Defensive team.^[2]

Professional career

On June 29, 2012, Acy was drafted by Toronto Raptors with the 37th pick of the 2012 NBA draft.^[3] On July 16, he signed a multi-year contract with the Raptors.^[4] On November 7, he made his professional debut in a 109–104 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.^[5] On December 6, he was assigned to the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League^[6] and was recalled six days later.^[7] On March 4, 2013, Acy was reassigned to Bakersfield^[8] and was recalled on March 26.^[9]

On December 9, 2013, the Raptors traded Acy, along with Rudy Gay and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings for Greivis Vásquez, Patrick Patterson, John Salmons, and Chuck Hayes.^[10] Six days later, he made his debut for the Kings in a 106–91 win over the Houston Rockets, recording four points and three rebounds in 13 points off the bench.^[11] In 2013–14, he averaged the most minutes and played the most games in his career.

On August 6, 2014, Acy was traded, along with Travis Outlaw, to the New York Knicks in exchange for Wayne Ellington and Jeremy Tyler.^[12] On October 29, he made his debut for the Knicks in a 104–80 loss to the Chicago Bulls, recording six points, six rebounds, one assist and one block in 21 minutes off the bench.^[13]

On July 22, 2015, Acy signed with the Sacramento Kings, returning to the franchise for a second stint.^[14] On November 4, he made his debut for the Kings in a 118–97 loss to the Phoenix Suns, recording one rebound and one assist in 4 minutes off the bench.^[15]

On July 20, 2016, Acy signed with the Dallas Mavericks.^[16] On November 18, he was waived by the Mavericks after appearing in six games.^[17] Ten days later, Acy was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League and then traded him to the Texas Legends for a first-round pick and the rights to Jamil Wilson.^[18][19] On December 1, he made his debut for the Legends in a 121–106 win over the Greensboro Swarm, recording 16 points, seven rebounds and one block in 17 minutes.^[20]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
• Baylor bio