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Situation A. No distance in feet is specified. The guard must first establish a legal guarding position - both feet on the floor and facing the opponent. After that, the guard's feet can be in the air and he may turn his body as needed to maintain a guarding position. In my mind and for your situation the question is "Does the dribbler have opportunity (distance) to avoid the collision and simply choose to collide anyway?" If yes, player control foul. If no, block.
Situation B. the hand is considered part of the ball when it is on the ball. If the ball is away, hitting the hand will not affect the shot and is generally not called as a foul by most of us. If the hand slap is a taunting type activity that happens again and again, pick somebody else to guard.
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