While three teams remain in the playoffs, there are 27 others trying to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. Seeing as how it's always easier to contribute ideas from the outside looking in, here's a stab at what each team should try and accomplish this offseason.

We start off with the Southeast Division, which featured three teams that made the playoffs. None of those teams made it past the first round, so standing pat is probably the least effective thing to do for these ballclubs.

Atlanta Hawks: They're overloaded at the wing position, so they need to draft and trade in order to even things out. They have no quality center or point guard. Luckily, they have all the tools a team needs to fix these problems: a high draft pick (number three) and loads of young talent to use as trade bait.

Hawks management has to decide which young players they're going to bank on for the future, and which ones they're willing to give up in trades to fill the voids at the one and five. Possible goners include, in no order of likelihood, Josh Smith, Josh Childress, Marvin Williams, and Shelden Williams. Sacramento's Mike Bibby would be a good target.

Mike Conley Jr. seems like an obvious choice from the draft at point guard, but is drafting him as high as number three too much of a reach? They could try and go big with Brendan Wright instead, but he needs to bulk up in order to be an effective big man. Free agents Mo Williams and Mikki Moore could also be possible solutions.

More important than anything is either aquiring or developing a consistent scoring threat to go alongside superscoring Joe Johnson. He can't do everything by himself, but he's almost been forced to do just that with the underdeveloped cast around him. Josh Smith would seem a likely candidate, but with all the tools the Hawks have at their disposal to improve, Johnson should be expecting some kind of help this summer.

Charlotte Bobcats: Consistent scoring is a must for this team, and other than the unlikely luring of Vince Carter from Jersey, it'll be hard to supply that need right away. Okafor is great defensively, but lacks on the other end of the floor. Gerald Wallace isn't supposed to be the #1 option on offense.

With a gaping hole at the shooting guard position, Charlotte's hoping that Florida's Corey Brewer falls to them at the number eight spot in the draft. That is, unless Wallace opts for greener pastures via free agency, which would be devastating. If that happens, Charlotte may opt for Julian Wright or another prominant wing scorer available in the draft.

Morris Peterson and Jerry Stackhouse are cheaper, more realistic free agent possibilities than Carter to fill the 2 guard spot. Shoring up the frontline to help out Okafor wouldn't be a bad idea, either. Restricted free agents Andres Nocioni and Anderson Varejao could be available depending on their respective teams' willingness to keep them.

Proabably the biggest question mark surrounding this team is the developement of its young core, which includes Wallace (assuming he stays), Okafor (low post scoring would be nice), Raymond Felton (time to see some kind of progress) and especially Adam Morrison (will the real 'Stache please stand up?).

Miami Heat: How the mighty have fallen. The Heat's first and most pressing issue is how Dwyane Wade will play after surgery on his shoulder. How will he be affected both physically and mentally, if at all? If their franchise player is good to go, it's just a matter of retooling around him and the aging Diesel.

The problem with this team is that so many of its parts are aging (Mourning, O'Neal, Payton, Eddie Jones), or flawed (Posey, Walker). Not exactly the assets to lure trading partners in order to improve your team. The Heat will try at least one more year with Shaq, Mourning, and maybe all the others, convincing themselves that the reason they couldn't defend their crown was Wade's shoulder injury, as well as Shaq's injury early in the season.

If Miami wants to actually try and improve, they might want to package their twentieth pick with maybe James Posey to move up in the draft and snag a quality small forward. If they keep the pick, drafting a project big man has to be on the brass' mind, with the careers of Zo and Shaq winding down.

Orlando Magic: After making the playoffs and having their first taste of the first round from the Pistons, the Magic are looking to make the next step. Dwight Howard should be shipped off to Pete Newell's big man camp, and work out personally with Hakeem or another great center to improve on the offensive end. If that happens, the Magic probably have the best all-around center in the league. Locking him up with a contract extension wouldn't be a bad idea, either.

Another question Magic staff have to answer is if and for how much will they re-sign Darko Milicic? The safe thing to do would be to give him a fair, mediocre deal for three or four years, since he's young and has yet to show more than flashes of his immense talent. The danger here is that some other team ups the bidding and forces the Magic to overpay for a big man...but that never happens, now does it?

The Magic have three second-round picks, and in this deep of a draft, might be able to get a steal. Grabbing a backup big man and scoring two-guard would be the biggest needs out of the draft or free agency. Vince Carter is the hot rumor, and with his home in Florida, it's a possibility. A healthy J.J. Redick would be a welcome surprise as well, and would thrive off the double-teams that will most certainly swarm Howard next season.

Washington Wizards: We never found out if Gilbert Arenas would play crazy enough to beat the power teams like Cleveland and Detroit in the Eastern Playoffs. Considering the Wiz were sitting atop the conference before he and fellow All-Star Caron Butler went down, the front office likely won't tinker too much. Getting this team healthy again is good enough for starters.

With the 16th pick in the draft, the Wizards could very well get a steal, and Colorado State's Jason Smith would be a great pick. He's 7'0", so Washington could just ditch the fighting tomcats Haywood and Etan Thomas and plug Smith in at center. He averaged double-figure points and rebounds last season in college, and is a decent shot blocker. What's intriguing is that he's pretty athletic for a big man, so he would fit right in with the Wizards' high-scoring mentality.

A consistent 3-point shooter would also help the Wiz, as no one on the team shot above 36% from beyond the arc last season other than Deshawn Stevenson (40.4%).