An assist where the pass had little to no affect on if a point was scored, yet still receives an assist.
Teammate scored & still got an assist even though you last touched the ball 10 seconds ago? Call it an Eli Assist.
When someone is credited an assist even though it has been a significant amount of time has passed when they were last a part of the play.
“Dude, it was 10 seconds since you last touched the ball. How’d you get an assist still?”
“I think that’s one of those ‘Eli assists.’”