Lonnie Walker IV impresses Lakers in preseason loss

Lakers star Anthony Davis agreed with the media Wednesday night, saying few had seen Lonnie Walker IV play much the last four seasons for the struggling San Antonio Spurs and few were aware of his well-rounded game.

Other than the scouting report when the Lakers played the Spurs, Davis said, “I didn’t watch too much San Antonio, either.”

Now that they are teammates, Davis has seen that Walker is explosive, competitive and highly skilled.

Before Walker suffered a sprained left ankle in the third quarter of the Lakers’ 118-113 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypo.com Arena on Wednesday night, the 6-5 guard was cooking.

“He was playing extremely well and getting to the basket and finishing, making the right reads,” Davis said. “Honestly, I didn’t know he was that good of a passer. He can really pass the ball, which surprised me. Not from a sense of he can’t do it, I just never knew. But he played really well before he went down. And coming off that injury with his ankle [in training camp], we were all curious to see how he was going go play until he got his legs back under him. And he played well tonight. Hopefully he’s fine to be ready to go on the 18th.”

The 18th is when the Lakers open the NBA regular season against the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.

Here are more takeaways from the Lakers’ loss to Minnesota:

Patrick Beverley lost his balance and fell into Walker’s leg, sending the guard to the court in pain and eventually into the locker room with 5 minutes 31 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Lakers soon announced that Walker had a mild left ankle sprain and would not return.

Lakers coach Darvin Ham said Walker would be re-evaluated Thursday and “then we’ll go from there.”

“I asked him if he was OK and he…