Mychal Mulder is the perfect sidekick for Stephen Curry

Carrying this team almost single-handedly at times, Stephen Curry may have found yet another solid sidekick in backup shooting guard Mychal Mulder.

The Golden State Warriors are 9-8 and well inside playoff contention. They can thank Stephen Curry for their plus-.500 start to the season.

Now, all that’s left is to figure out how to utilize their lineups. One such way the Warriors may want to consider doing that is pairing former Kentucky Wildcats’ guard Mychal Mulder with two-time MVP Curry more often.

The Warriors, who haven’t been getting out to strong starts, decided to shift around their starting lineup after being destroyed by the Jazz, basically losing the game in the first quarter.

Head coach Steve Kerr substituted Kevon Looney for James Wiseman, and while I’m not saying Mychal Mulder should be starting, it could be a decent idea to allow Kelly Oubre Jr. to come off the bench and be the unit’s main offensive weapon.

The reasoning behind why Mulder would play well with Curry centers around his ability to shoot from deep.

While the Warriors have a plethora of solid shooting guards, Mulder has taken his game to the next level, averaging .9 threes per game. While that’s not overly impressive, his 45.5% from deep is, and that’s what should be noticed.

Mulder may only be scoring 3.7 points per game, but he’s also only playing 9.9 minutes. The Warriors are 7-4 when Curry and Mulder share the floor, having played together for 77 minutes this season.

While the sample size is small, it’s encouraging to see a net rating that’s positive given the Warriors several blowout losses. In 83 minutes, the Mulder and Eric Paschall-led second unit has a 24.0 net rating.

The Warriors are typically better with Mulder on the court, and his shooting makes him a poor man’s version of Klay Thompson. While he’s not even close to the defender, he’s proven himself as a shooter, and that’s what the Warriors oftentimes need.

Curry is swarmed on the offensive end, and that’s allowed Kelly Oubre Jr. to get open looks. Sadly, the young guard just hasn’t been able to knock them down. That said, the Warriors need to consider pairing Mulder with Curry more often and letting Oubre do what he does best — attack.

It may be unlikely that any other changes in the starting lineup occur, but this one seems like something that Kerr could at least think about if Oubre continues to struggle from deep. It just makes sense.