MIAMI — The Warriors enter Friday night’s game against the Heat with an NBA-worst record of 4-15, which means many Golden State fans are just as interested in monitoring potential 2020 lottery picks as they are watching their injury-thinned team.

It came as no surprise, then, that I received multiple questions about the Warriors’ draft plans in this week’s mailbag. Here are my answers to those and more:

@MrBarker718: If the Warriors do end up with the #1 pick AND they see mutual interest in a trade for Giannis, what would the Warriors realistically need to offer?

First of all, it’s highly unlikely that Milwaukee would make Giannis Antetokounmpo available in a trade. But if the Bucks did, they certainly would have a big asking price. The mega-trades that sent Anthony Davis to the Lakers and Paul George to the Clippers have set the standard quite high.

If the Warriors got the No. 1 pick, they’d probably need to offer Milwaukee that selection, D’Angelo Russell, Draymond Green or Klay Thompson, and another young piece or two — think Eric Paschall and Kevon Looney — just for the Bucks to take them seriously. It would be a major roster upheaval that Golden State might not think is necessary. But at just 24, Antetokounmpo offers the Warriors a generational player capable of keeping them nationally relevant long after Stephen Curry, 31, retires.

@daniel_pace: How do we keep Bowman? For how many more games is he currently eligible?

Friday marks Bowman’s 27th day with Golden State this season. With only 18 more days until Bowman reaches the 45-day limit with the NBA club allotted under his two-way contract, head coach Steve Kerr will get creative soon, asking Bowman to sit out practices or fly separately from the team so the Warriors can maximize his time at this level.

Still, Bowman will probably reach his 45-day limit sometime in January. Earlier this week, I took an in-depth look at Golden State’s options to keep him the rest of the season. It can waive Marquese Chriss, trade Alec Burks or Glenn Robinson III, or stash Bowman in the G League until March. That’s when a pro-rated minimum contract would fall within the $375,000 the team has available under the hard cap.

@SawuScimitar74: When can we expect Steph back? And what will we see from him when he returns?

Curry could return as soon as Feb. 1, but I’d say sometime in March is probably more realistic. This much is certain: The Warriors won’t bring him back until he’s 100%.

@HiiiPowerRevo: What dynamics does James Wiseman bring to the Warriors if they selected him? Also, how are the Warriors going about shoring up their bench for next year’s championship run? I believe they see a strong bench as necessary to relieve the starters of too much workload.

Wiseman is a 7-foot-1 center with a 7-4½-inch wingspan and elite mobility and touch for his size. Think Nikola Vucevic, only much more athletic. By drafting Wiseman, the Warriors would have their first dominant center — not counting DeMarcus Cousins — in at least 35 years.

As far as shoring up the 2020-21 bench, I think this injury-ravaged stretch has been beneficial. Bowman, Chriss, Robinson, Paschall, Damion Lee and Omari Spellman have shown that they could handle rotation roles next season. It’s possible that Golden State won’t need to add more than a couple bench pieces next summer.

@Nate_moseby: Any chance the Warriors trade the pick? Or are they leaning toward keeping with the youth movement?

I’ve been told that, if the Warriors get the No. 1 pick, they will almost definitely keep it. If Golden State got another pick in the top-5, I still think there’s a good chance it holds onto the selection. For a franchise that hasn’t drafted better than No. 28 since 2012, this is a rare opportunity to get someone it can develop into a future face of the franchise as Curry, Thompson and Green get older.

@kirsten_odmark: The ball seems to get stuck in Alec Burks’ hands when he goes into ISO mode, which hasn’t been very successful. Is this the direction specifically for him? The other players seem to be moving the ball well. I just don’t see Alec pass it back out when he is in trouble.

That’s definitely been the knock against Burks. Though he is adept at getting to the rim, he sometimes can hold onto the ball a bit too much. Golden State hasn’t complained, of course, because it doesn’t have many other scoring options.

@misha1031: Trying to figure out how to keep Bowman begs a bigger question. Are there any Warriors who might already be obviously out of their future plans? Do you think there’s any possibility that Bowman might have made the case for keeping him and cutting Poole? Or Jacob Evans?

It’s far too early for the Warriors to give up on Poole or Evans. Poole has struggled mightily, but Golden State recognizes that it has had to ask for more from him than is probably fair. As soon as the Warriors get a little healthier, I expect Poole to head to the G League to see some shots go in.

Evans was solid before he injured his hip three games into the season. Though he won’t be confused for an All-Star, he should be a decent rotation player in the NBA for years to come. There’s no way the Warriors part with him anytime soon.

Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @Con_Chron