push with ball

[palmettoref]

This sounds like an intentional personal foul to me. It is the same thing as the defender reaching through the boundary plane and touching the thrower ---> an interntional personal foul. Also, because an unsporting foul is a noncontact tech foul by definition, I would hesitate in calling this case play as unsporting. IMO.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by palmettoref

This sounds like an intentional personal foul to me. It is the same thing as the defender reaching through the boundary plane and touching the thrower ---> an interntional personal foul. Also, because an unsporting foul is a noncontact tech foul by definition, I would hesitate in calling this case play as unsporting. IMO.

the reason for the T is that the contact was not player to player, but ball to player. A1 throws the ball at B1's head, you can't call a personal foul; T is your only option.
This is different because of the fact that A1 hasn't released the ball, and the intent is less than malicious. Personally, I'm likely to call an intentional personal if it actually happens as posted.

[BillyMac]

I'd like to put similar plays "on the court".

While a live ball is being held by A-1 in his/her frontcourt:

1) A-1 intentionally throws the ball at B-1's head.

2) A-1, uses the ball to push B-1, to try to gain an advantage by creating some space between himself/herself and the defender, B-1.

What are the correct calls? Personal or technical ? Common, intentional, or flagrant ? Do the calls change if A-1 is an inbounder ?