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I could be mistaken here, but I believe this scenario is actually in the case book. I don't have one with me right now, but I think it says that if a player tries to foul A1 while A1 is on an uncontested path towards the basket, the official should wait until after the shot is taken before blowing the whistle so as to not punish Team A and take away a chance at the basket.
If the contact was so insignificant that it did not affect A1 in any way, then there is probably no need for any call. If however, the foul was significant or worse yet, intentional, then we should call something, and it looks like this is where we should apply the situation from the case book.
Another way to think about it is say A1 steals the ball and is on the way for a breakaway layup and coach B jumps out on to the court to get a T so as to avoid the free layup. We should let the player shoot the layup, then blow the T on the coach - otherwise we are punishing team A for good play and rewarding Coach B for unsportsmanlike conduct!
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