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Situation A: This is clearly a player control foul (don't use the term charge) against the offensive player. Every player is entitled to a spot on the court as long as he gets there first and legally. Don't make the mistake, like most coaches, that the defensive player must be motionless in order for a player control foul to occur. The rule states that the defensive player must obtain a legal guarding position first, but he can then move laterally or backwards in order to maintain that defensive posture. If contact occurs on the front of his body...PC foul. If the offensive player gets head and shoulders past the defensive player and then contact occurs, it is a block.
Situation B: This is, in some ways, more complicated because it goes to the advantage/disadvantage theory. The hand is considered part of the ball while the ball is being held. After a shot, that is no longer true. If the contact happens after release of the ball, but while the shooter is still airborn, the shooter is still considered to be in the act of shooting. If you blow the whistle in this case, the number of shots will depend on whether the original shot was successful.
If the shooter has landed after the shot and the contact with the hand happens, you either disregard the contact or it is a personal foul which has nothing at all to do with the shot. The penalty would depend on whether or not you were in the bonus situation.
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