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Lets try a common no-call on contact. A1 gets a rebound. B1 is attempting to move up court as A1 commences dribble. B1 slightly bumps A1, A1 slightly loses balance, A1 maintains complete control of ball, ball advances up court with no call.
The slight stumble of A1 would not be considered a "normal offensive movement." However, the foul is not called because A has not been disadvantaged in any way.
Same with the cases I outline. You could stretch it to say that the contact prevented movement. But lets face it, B1 is anchored to the floor and going nowhere. A1 makes the contact and either loses the ball or falls to the floor with the ball. Either way, none of this impacted what B1 was doing - standing in one spot on the floor. If you think this must be a foul on A1 by rule, you read a different set of rules than I, and ref a far different game than I commonly observe.
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