Someone posted a video of Spurs forward Carter Bryant using a public restroom at Paycom Center. Alex Slitz / Getty Images
For the first two games of the Western Conference finals, the San Antonio Spurs have turned to rookie Carter Bryant to get stops. But this a story about Bryant needing to go.
During Game 2 Wednesday night, Oklahoma City Thunder fans encountered the unusual sight of the in-uniform 6-foot-6 Spurs forward using a public restroom at the Paycom Center while the teams were actively playing.
How did these fans find themselves commode comrades with an NBA player? It’s actually rooted in some logic.
Bryant didn’t make a beeline for the concourse or anything like that. Instead, he chose the restroom closest to the Spurs bench inside the arena.
He had taken off toward the tunnel that leads back to the Spurs locker room, but instead of making the whole trip down the hall and around the corner, he made the more efficient choice: a more lightly trafficked bathroom across from a restaurant which is roughly 100 feet closer than the visitors facilities.
It’s not a normal sight in the arena: A spokesperson for the Thunder said he couldn’t recall another player making this same calculation during a game.
But a social media user shared a video of Bryant inside that restroom Wednesday, hustling to wash his hands at the sink amid a group of fans, presumably before rejoining his team on the bench. Many commenters, as well as one of Bryant’s teammates, condemned the person posting the heavily aggregated video for violating another human being’s privacy by filming him in the bathroom and posting it on the internet.
“He had to go to the bathroom, he wanted the quickest one. I don’t see anything wrong with it,” Spurs forward Julian Champagnie said Friday. “I think, if anything, we should stop recording people in the bathroom.”
Bryant was one of the unsung heroes in Game 1 against the Thunder. Tasked with defending Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Spurs were a plus-13 in his 13:44 of court time. He played 10 scoreless minutes in Game 2.
May 22, 2026
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