He often plays basketball.
一般现在时的用法
1) 经常性或习惯性的动作,常与表示频度的时间状语连用.
时间状语：every…,sometimes, at…,on Sunday
I leave home for school at 7 every morning.
2) 客观真理,客观存在,科学事实.
The earth moves around the sun.
Shanghai lies in the east of China.
3) 表示格言或警句中.
Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败.
4) 现在时刻的状态、能力、性格、个性.
I don't want so much.
Ann Wang writes good English but does not speak well.