CONTRACT negotiations with Worcester Wolves’ players will hinge on how they perform in the British Basketball League play-offs, according to head coach Paul James.

Worcester take on Glasgow Rocks in the second leg of their quarter-final at the University of Worcester Arena tomorrow (4pm) aiming to secure their place in the last four.

Last season Wolves fell at the first hurdle when they were thumped by London Lions, leading to a raft of departures.

James said he did not want to have to make so many changes this summer, but he insisted this was the time when his squad needed to produce their best.

Asked whether he had offered players deals for next season, James said: “For a lot of the players, it depends on how we go in the play-offs and who performs and who doesn’t on that big stage.

“We are not ruling anything out right with any of them now. We have got a really solid team who can go places.

“But we have got to show that on the big stages and there’s no bigger stage than the play-offs.

“Last season, we had some players who had been here for two or three years and the way we went out was not acceptable and not something we wanted to happen again.

“That is why we made that change as we felt that maybe guys had got a bit comfortable and had been here too long and we needed to move them on.

“This season, the team are all new, but hopefully we will go out there and perform and we don’t have to think down the line about making wholesale changes.”

Point guard Jordan Aaron is one player who has caught the eye since joining Wolves in late February as he has averaged about 15 points in his opening eight games.

But James added: “Jordan has certainly made the team better for sure and when he came in it was about seeing how we go for the remainder of the season and we will make a decision at the end of it.”

The Wolves boss said supporters have been “unbelievable” this season and urged them to make their voices heard at the Arena this afternoon.

“It is great to be home knowing what we need to do,” he added.

“But people need to come out and get behind the team from the very first jump. Sometimes people can go a bit quiet.

“But they have got to understand that the louder it is the better it is for the players and the worse it is for the opposition, so they can really help push us all the way to a semi-final spot.”