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Hmmm. I go away for several hours, and find you guys have been busy! I appreciate the responses.
If it helps, I'll offer a little clarity. Of course, I'm not talking about contact that so obvious that a competent official would call a foul. This isn't about clamping the shooter's arm. A fair example here is taking a swipe at the ball, and making unnecessary contact with the shooter's arm.
If I'm reading the replies correctly, I see there are several that would never, ever wait to see if a shot falls to determine whether a foul is called. Others are simply saying, "it depends."
There's been some talk about advantageous vs. marginal contact. Let me see if this changes anyone's answers...
A-1 shoots, B-2 makes marginal contact on A-1's arm, no whistle yet, ball bounces off the rim, tweet.
Does that make a difference in your original answer?
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