I believe they wrote the rule that way because they wanted to be clear that even if you were in an "illegal" lane space, you still may not violate the planes.
It would have been simpler to just totally re-write (g).
As far as contact, let the incidental go, and don't allow anything that you wouldn't normally allow between two opponents when neither has the ball.
Once the shot goes up, any "slapping" might be a foul.
[Edited by Slider on Jan 20th, 2002 at 07:37 PM]
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