The Trey Lance experience in San Francisco came to an end Friday when the 49ers traded the No. 3 pick of the 2021 NFL Draft to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2024 fourth-round selection. 

The move came days after San Francisco announced Sam Darnold as the backup quarterback behind Brock Purdy, stirring speculation that Lance would be moved. 

Lance was excused from Wednesday’s practice following the news in order to "clear his head," according to ESPN. 

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Following San Francisco’s 23-12 preseason loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, head coach Kyle Shanahan discussed the decision to move on from Lance. 

"When we told Trey, when we told him that he wasn’t the two [quarterback], I said we’d like to keep him here as the three. But we also want to do what’s good for him, too," Shanahan told reporters. 

"And when we looked into other teams, and he told us that he would like another opportunity to go somewhere where he had a chance to be the No. 2," Shanahan continued. "We thought we got some good deals for him. There was a number of teams involved. To end up getting the fourth was a little better than we anticipated and clears up a lot of money and allows a better situation for him, too."

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The start to Lance’s career has been rocky after the 49ers traded three first-round draft picks in order to move up in the 2021 draft to acquire him. 

Lance was named the starter for 2022 after sitting behind Jimmy Garoppolo as a rookie. 

In just his second start, Lance broke his ankle, ending his season. Purdy took over in Week 13 after Garoppolo broke his foot, winning seven straight games as the starter before tearing his UCL in the NFC Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles. 

The Cowboys are set at the starting quarterback position as Dak Prescott enters his eighth NFL season. Lance is expected to be the third-string quarterback in Dallas, according to NFL Network. 

Basketball Hall of Famer John Stockton took a shot at LeBron James and how the Los Angeles Lakers superstar would allegedly give voice to a team’s front office when making roster decisions.

Stockton made his remarks on the latest episode of the "DNP-CD Sports" podcast and talked about James’ supposed influence on front offices.

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"I don’t know what it’s like to sit in that front office and have things (dictated) to you like a plan, and it appears that LeBron is," the Utah Jazz legend said.

"I don’t know for sure that he is, but it appears so. I think it would be maddening as a teammate to know that you can be expendable for one of his guys that he thinks he needs to play with. The iffiness it causes with the team, the iffiness that it causes upstairs. I don’t like it . . . I’m not a fan of it."

James’ influence has been long rumored to go up to the front office. Aside from "King James," the NBA world has called him "LeGM" for allegedly pulling the strings behind the scenes to get players to come to his teams.

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Kyrie Irving spoke about it on an episode of the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast last year.

"Yeah Bron was behind the scenes . . . what’s his nickname? LeGM?" the former Cleveland Cavaliers point guard said. "He put the squad together! I wasn’t mad at him . . . I was like ‘Alright, bet. This is how it goes.’"

Lakers team owner Jeannie Buss told the Los Angeles Times last year denied James and Klutch Sports were calling the shots in the front office.

"Do they have final say? No. Are they running the team? No, no, not at all," Buss said. "I am controlling owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, I’m held accountable for every decision that’s made here."