When Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James infamously turned his back on the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat back in 2012, he was the league's number one villain. However, it is still amazing to come to realize that his decision actually sent shockwaves that extended far beyond the world of basketball.

In fact, in a recently-unearthed piece of NBA history shared on Reddit by a user that goes by the handle u/DeArmani_DeBooker, a very high-ranking Al-Qaeda terrorist was actually one of the millions that were appalled by LeBron's alleged betrayal.

Below is an excerpt detailing this highly unusual news bit courtesy of a six-year-old article penned by Ben Golliver of CBS Sports.

“Carlos Warner, a lawyer representing Muhammad Rahim, an Afghan who was a translator for Osama bin Laden , gave the Loop a brief letter from his client. That note, which was just declassified, consisted of one line: ‘Dear Mr. Warner — Majid Khan has a cat.'

“In addition to sharing the news of Khan’s cat, Rahim had another thought to share with his lawyer, who, we should note, is from Akron, Ohio.

“‘Dear Mr. Warner!' he wrote in a separate freshly declassified letter. ‘LeBron James is very bad man. He should apologize to the city of Cleveland.'

“Warner says Rahim's sentiment about the NBA star who left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat reflects his client’s tribal values, in which loyalty is paramount and ‘betrayals are not tolerated or forgiven, although an honest apology from an offending peer is valued.'”

Despite being more than half a decade old, this still remains to be one of the most bizarre storylines we've ever come across.

Now that LeBron has successfully redeemed himself to the city of Cleveland by bringing home a championship a few years ago, we are hopeful that the Rahim and his Afghan tribe have since forgiven LeBron for his past transgression.