Thanks for the input.

The thread you are seeing is actually a scratch on the photo. The Bulls numbers were vinyl in those days and the wordmark was screen printed.
The photo-match is in the pattern of the mesh. It is particularly evident in the Bulls letters because some of the screen printing showed holes. If you look at the pic versus my jersey these all match up. Also, the mesh pattern around the 3 matches and the logo does too. There are small exposed white pieces of thread running around the arm holes and neck hole which also directly match my jersey.
Apologies, i probably should have explained all that in the original post. Other opinions are more than welcome.