Vince Marotta is the co-host of Bickley & Marotta on Arizona Sports. Vince has been part of the Valley media landscape for a long time, starting in radio in 1996.
After a short flirtation with music radio from 2002 to 2007, it was back to sports. Vince joined Arizona Sports in 2011 as the chief editor of arizonasports.com and served in that role until the microphone came calling again in 2013 when he was paired with Dan Bickley for a two-hour midday show that grew into a four-hour morning program.
Vince served as the play-by-play voice of Arizona State women’s basketball from 2000 to 2004 and for spring training webcasts for the Oakland Athletics from 2011 to 2013. He’s served as the PA announcer for the Arizona Rattlers and has been the arena voice of the Phoenix Suns since 2016. You can hear Bickley & Marotta weekdays from 6-10 a.m.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Apr 28, 2026Vinny’s View: Was Suns’ taste of the postseason worth it?
The overwhelming reality for the Suns is that this group as currently constructed should never play another postseason minute together.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Apr 15, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns fail to check a big box in play-in loss to Trail Blazers
The Suns failed to conquer their second-half-of-the-season issues in Tuesday's play-in loss to the Trail Blazers.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Apr 9, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns must rediscover their early season spunk for play-in
A lot of good and a lot of bad in the Phoenix Suns’ 112-107 win over the Dallas Mavericks to close out their 41-game regular-season home schedule.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Apr 8, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns unravel after inspiring 1st quarter
The good: The Phoenix Suns played possibly their best and most inspired first quarter of the year. The bad: Everything that happened after that.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Mar 25, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns’ hopes at avoiding play-in look dashed
After all the talk and all the optimism, the Suns aren't going to secure a top 6 seed in the Western Conference playoff pecking order.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Mar 23, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns rebound with much-needed win vs. Raptors
After a tough loss to the Bucks on Saturday, the short-handed Suns rebounded with a much-needed win against the Raptors on Sunday.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Mar 9, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns return to form as rookies continue to grow
As they start the trek in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, it looks like the Suns have returned to looking like the team this fan base fell in love with.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Mar 6, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns reminded what happens when you don’t max out effort
One of the things that's been so refreshing about the Phoenix Suns this season is the pride they've taken in effort. Then Thursday night happened.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Feb 27, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns get right behind spark from bench
When you're a struggling NBA offense, what's the best remedy? Of course, it's a visit from the media darling Los Angeles Lakers.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Feb 25, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns have hit every type of hard this season
The 2025-26 season for the Phoenix Suns started out as hard to believe in. Then we realized how hard this team played.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Feb 23, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns’ weekend slate filled with offensive inconsistency
Before a 6-for-8 showing in the fourth quarter Sunday, the Suns had seven quarters in which they went 19-of-82 from deep over the weekend.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Feb 12, 2026Vinny’s View: Health will define the Suns’ success or failure after this All-Star break
For the Phoenix Suns to be a top-six seed in the Western Conference, one factor supersedes all the others. Health.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Feb 11, 2026Vinny’s View: Unsatisfying Suns wins still count in the record book
The Suns, who had hit a bit of a rough patch, needed that W in the worst way. But it had to be one of the least satisfying wins in recent memory.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Feb 6, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns’ crunch-time woes lead to squandered opportunity
Coach Norman Dale would have absolutely hated what the Phoenix Suns did in their last handful of possessions Thursday night.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Feb 2, 2026Vinny’s View: Clippers game spotlighted Suns’ lack of size
Should the Phoenix Suns find some bulk and size before the NBA trade deadline? A loss to the Clippers hinted that might be needed.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Jan 30, 2026Vinny’s View: Dillon Brooks has steered the Suns out of hell
If Dillon Brooks is not mentioned when the NBA's All-Star reserves are announced on Sunday, it'll be a massive show of disrespect.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Jan 28, 2026Vinny’s View: The Suns keep inventing new, sometimes ugly, ways to win
The Phoenix Suns have 28 wins on the season. Ask a Suns fan which one of the 28 is his or her favorite and you'll get a range of answers.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Jan 26, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns’ loss to Heat not hard to diagnose
If you're a Suns fan, you didn't need a PhD to figure out the team's 111-102 loss to the Miami Heat on Sunday night at Mortgage Matchup Center.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Jan 12, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns doing what they should vs. lesser teams
In the NBA, good teams beat the ones they're supposed to. News flash: by this determination, the Phoenix Suns are a good basketball team.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Jan 5, 2026Vinny’s View: Suns earned grittiest win of season over Thunder
There was no blinking by the Suns in the second half against the Thunder, as they earned one of their most delicious wins in some time.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Dec 19, 2025Vinnie’s View: Suns survive thrill ride despite Dillon Brooks’ foolish flagrant
They're not all wins, but the Phoenix Suns will usually give the fans their money's worth and TV viewers heart palpitations on a regular basis.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Dec 15, 2025Vinnie’s View: Suns-Lakers was not the smartest basketball game ever played
The first words out of my mouth after Suns-Lakers: "That was the dumbest basketball game I think I've ever watched."
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PHOENIX SUNS | Nov 25, 2025Vinnie’s View: Rockets shuttle Suns’ season outlook back down to earth
There was really only one takeaway, and that was that the shorthanded Rockets are a better team than the shorthanded Suns.
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PHOENIX SUNS | Nov 24, 2025Vinnie’s View: Suns proving they are a good team with wins over T-Wolves, Spurs
We're 17 games into this season, and this year's Suns are more than fun. They're more than competitive. They're good.