No matter how much Nike beats the Dunk into the ground, no matter how many Panda Dunks you encounter on your daily commute, no matter how much SB can lose its way or collaborate with big brands like Costco , there will always be something special about Nike SB Dunks. The Nike SB Dunk, a revamp of the Dunk basketball shoe from 1985 (that usually features a puffy tongue and other skate-specific upgrades), debuted in 2002. It’s a skate shoe, but it was more than that from the beginning. In the same way the SB Dunk appropriated the Dunk, helping the shoe transcend its original arena, the SB Dunk was in turn appropriated, plucked from the shelves of skate shops and turned into the ultimate in peacock wear for sneakerheads . SB Dunks were a flex, a means of differentiating yourself with flashier, rarer, harder-to-find sneakers. They showed that you knew where to go to get sneakers nobody else could. Or that you were willing to pay huge prices to get them.…