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No, each team's viability for making a trade is considered independent of the other. If both teams have either cap room or exceptions big enough to make a trade, it's legal.
This makes 3 possibilities for trades:
1) Both teams are under the cap and each have enough cap room to absorb the player(s) they receive in trade.
2) One team has enough cap room to accept the player(s) it receives in trade. The other team would be over the cap after the trade is done, but has an exception (assigned player, trade exception, etc.) large enough to facilitate the deal.
Example - Utah traded a 2nd round pick to Sacramento for Keon Clark and two 2nd round picks. Utah was under the cap and had enough cap space to take Clark. Sacramento used the Assigned Player Exception to make the deal, which brought them a trade exception of about $5 million.
3) Both teams would be over the cap after the trade is done, but both have an exception large enough to facilitate the deal.
Example - Both Orlando and Houston used the Assigned Player Exception to facilitate their recent deal involving T-Mac and Steve Francis.
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