Hello, first off just because you have an already made skeleton your mesh doesn't just automatically adjust to your joints. Joints have to be placed each time differently depending on your mesh.

Also, don't forget to select your root joint and then your geometry, now go to "Skin>Smooth Bind", that basically lets Maya know there is a connection between the selected mesh and the selected joints!

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