It’s a special time to be a New Yorker. The New York Knicks ended their 53-year championship drought on Saturday, beating the San Antonio Spurs in five games. Coinciding with the energy currently surrounding the Knicks and New York City as a whole, we’ve decided to take a look back at the best New York-themed sneakers of all time. For this list, we’re focusing on New York-inspired pairs that were actually released to the public. This means grails like the friends-and-family-exclusive Scarr’s x Nike Air Force 1 Low and the raffled-off “Derek Jeter” Air Jordan 11 have been omitted from our selections. Another note is that the sneakers included here don’t necessarily need to be in orange and blue colors, but are styles that honor New York in a meaningful way. Some of their connections to NYC are more obvious than others, like the “Pigeon” SB Dunks, but then we have pairs like the “Brick by Brick” Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 4 that are more story-driven.…