Basketball Playing Dragon From Slovenia

Here is a cute cover from Slovenia with a cartoon cachet featuring a dragon playing basketball. The stamp on the cover was issued to commemorate the 6th World Maxibasketball Championships held in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2001.




Apparently the dragon is the emblem of the city of Ljubljana, and their basketball team's nickname is the green dragons. From Wikipedia:

The dragon is the emblem of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The city has a dragon bridge which is embellished with four dragon depictions. The city's basketball club is nicknamed the "Green Dragons". License plates on cars from the city also feature a dragon depiction.